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I underline the point that, although that process will be in place and there have been moves to simplify it, it is still an extra step and, for SMEs and the very smallest companies, it will be a step too far.”
Tomorrow, for example, we are adding extra carriages to existing trains in the Glasgow area to take account of the easing of travel restrictions and the move from tier 4 to tier 3.
Yet, strangely, SNP politicians object to that extra money and resources for their constituents, infrastructure projects, cultural projects and community initiatives.
We are now moving to the introduction of the Scottish child payment, which will mean an extra £10 a week for every eligible child each year, which is a difference of £520 for the first full year in which the Scottish child payment is in place.
That is particularly important in my situation; when a political party does not have a member on the lead committee, it is an extra challenge to get to grips with the work that has been done.
I am not clear how that will develop, but there will be an extra cost. However, standards might come in further down the road that would oblige people to rip out gas boilers and replace them before the end of their lives.
Any Government of any colour will often put a floor in place to ensure that no one loses anything, but the fact is that people are losing out because they are not gaining from the extra money that has been made available.
Those solutions have maintained service provision and increased capacity, with more than 17,200 extra seats already available each day on Edinburgh to Glasgow services—not that Colin Smyth acknowledged that.