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As the finance secretary, I have to make the financial provision for those services.Very lastly, I want to answer Mr Brown’s question about social impact bonds.
Margaret Nicol is the hidden nose behind Dalmore’s success; Dr Rachel Barrie is master blender for the Brown-Forman Corporation group of distilleries; and Cara Laing is the managing director of Douglas Laing & Co.
We cannot forget the immortal words of the last Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Gordon Brown—I know that Labour members enjoy this, so I will repeat it.
We cannot forget the immortal words of the last Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Gordon Brown—I know that Labour members enjoy this, so I will repeat it.
I note that, at that point, Mr Neil and Mr Brown—Keith Brown—who had to manage a number of projects simultaneously, stopped being involved and Michael Matheson came in.
That was not the inference that I took from Mr Brown’s speech. With the full policy levers of independence, we could improve on the performance that we have delivered.
On Keith Brown’s point, I agree that we probably want to put down a marker now that we do not want things to come to us at the last minute so that we are having to chase our tails.