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The Scottish Government will always try to support our agricultural community to the best of our ability, but certainty has now been taken away by the UK Government.
Does the minister agree that, instead of becoming insular as a country, we should note that immigration is vital for our nation’s prosperity? Does she further agree that the best thing that all politicians can do is to confront the far right rather than appeasing it by adopting its rhetoric?
One of the proudest moments for the Scottish Greens during our time in government was the rolling out of free school meals for all children in primary 4 and 5, because we know that that is a simple and effective way to address the impact of child poverty and to ensure that every child has the best chance at school. We were on course to expand that to every...
That is why we continue to fund and work with the national autism implementation team, to support health and social care partnerships and to consider best practice and improved service in the redesigning of neurodevelopmental diagnostic services.
We are focusing on that question, and the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, Angus Robertson, is engaged in discussions with Creative Scotland on the best way to navigate our way through those challenges.
We will continue to engage on these questions to determine what is the best approach to take to meet local needs, which will vary in different parts of the country.
There are a couple of potential routes, but I invite comments from colleagues on our best course of action. Considering that the petition has a specific ask and that the Government’s response is that it is definitely not going to do it, I do not think that the committee can take the petition any further.
The Scottish Government’s response to the committee states that “There are no plans to revise the Scottish Government best practice handbook on consultations” and that it does not take a one-size-fits-all approach to consultations.
In a recent speech to business leaders, the First Minister advised that “re-joining the European Union as an independent country and making our own economic decisions” is the best way to meet the challenges that businesses face and to grow our economy.