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Dr Fancey of SFC, argued that this public private partnership was key to driving innovation and getting best value for public money out of core public funds—
I want to highlight how we are using public money with private money, which is an interesting combination.
Sometimes, 100 per cent of what we need to do to get compliance can be done over the phone; sometimes, if 10 per cent of the activity can be done at the site, it might make a big difference.
I resist the argument that you are getting more money. The Treasury starts by having a spending envelope at the top so, if the money gets siphoned off into programmes for spending across the devolved nations, it will basically come off the total that we get from the Barnett fo...
I have to say that no grief that I get in this session of First Minister’s questions is going to equal the grief that I am going to get from my mother for what I have just said.
The petition seeks to address wildlife crime. Given the number of on-going activities on that issue, I propose that we dismiss the petition until such time as those other activities are exhausted.