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I therefore welcome the minister's comments that he will evaluate existing services. I am concerned that future funding has not been earmarked for a given period so that services may be brought into being and allowed to develop.
Certainly, no Scottish body has the cash reserves to fund a project of the magnitude that would be considered for PPP or PFI funding and, with the existing controls, it would not be possible for a local authority to borrow that much.
The main instrument of Government intervention, the regional developmentfund, is directed towards capital expenditure and job creation and is geared towards factories.
Those countries are now much richer, thanks to help from Europe, and I think that the time has come for that solidarity to be shown to the newer members of the EU, which need the funding to boost their social and material development.
The Scottish Library and Information Council has developed the matrix in partnership with local authorities, with new funding of £500,000 per year from the Scottish Executive.
I cannot answer your question about relative enforcement costs. If we are to develop some of these agendas, we must work out where the resources will come from to fund them.
Will the member accept that we have absolutely no plans whatever to cut funding? I am sure that all members are delighted to hear the Conservatives promise to maintain funding—if they are ever in a position to make such decisions.How do we maintain standards while tackling behaviour in schools?