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We have done a lot of work on data, and I think we need to be cautious about how many more resources we put into looking at data when we do not necessarily have clarity of purpose or know what we will do at the end of the process.
Do you have a response to that, Teresa? Over many years, all parts of the justice sector have experienced what Mr Farrell has called poaching of staff but staff— Those were my words, not Mr Farrell’s, on this occasion.
Meanwhile, as the Finance and Public Administration Committee and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body have highlighted, the number of commissioners could rise from seven to as many as 14. That would be a significant and expensive extension of the public sector.
Cabinet secretary, the Scottish Government has been asked by many campaigners to use its soft power and its platform to challenge the Rosebank proposal for new oil and gas fields.
PwC would have reported to us how many labour hours were contracted, and that can be seen in many of the reports; they might say that, in a certain month, 25,000 labour hours had gone into several projects that FMEL was undertaking.
Parents are the root of the problem, but teachers are the next stage up, because many teachers believe that their success is tied to how many highers their students get.
This time last year, I saw with my own eyes the damage that flooding did to many individuals’ homes, and, indeed, many businesses, across the northern and the southern parts of the country.