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Inevitably, in such processes, obstacles can emerge in the working practices and accountability directions of different public bodies. I assure Mary Scanlon that the health secretary and I are actively supporting all that joint working.
Colleges were supportive of the Government's swift moves to address some of the pressures in year. I point out to Mary Scanlon that Inverness College did not request any additional allocation of funding to support child care during the past year, although many other colleges did so and had allocations provided.
I have heard enough this morning from Iain Gray, Johann Lamont, Paul Martin, Mary Mulligan, Hugh Henry, and shortly Andy Kerr—the happy gang of Scottish politics.The reality of— On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
I support the amendment in the name of my colleague Mary Scanlon. I was amazed by Helen Eadie's speech and am sorry that she did not take an intervention from me.
I would refer the local authorities to the comment that I mentioned from Councillor Morrice, with whom Mary Mulligan will be acquainted. He said that local government has achieved"a fair settlement … under difficult circumstances".We all understand that the public finances are in a very different situation from previously.
The map is illustrative; it does not define the route exactly.We will work to avoid disruption to the communities that Mary Mulligan mentioned, such as the village of Newton, which I know well.