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In the past fortnight, I had the interesting experience of spending five hours on police patrol on a Saturday night and Sunday morning and of spending a couple of hours a few days later on foot patrol, which is a total of seven hours.
If the current loan system remained in place and the Government of the day raised the threshold for repaying a loan to £20,000, would the minister suggest that the repayment of the graduate endowment should be raised to £20,000 for simplicity?
When the Tories tried that strategy before, the roads budget was cut again and again. I know that from my days on Highland Council. I note that Michael Portillo has not changed his mind about that plan.
However, to begin with, any policy should bring together the minister and veterinary advice to ensure that, if anything happens on any particular day, everyone knows what has to happen and the machinery can roll into action.
She stated that 12 weeks was a long period before the submission and suggested 28 days as a compromise. Alasdair Macleod shared her concern about the timescale.