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The agreement between the Scottish Government and the Finance and Public Administration Committee is absolutely clear that we have to compare like with like—comparing pre-budget with pre-budget and outturn with outturn.
That will allow more people to manage their condition at home, to be able to carry out pre and post-operative assessments remotely, and to continue to manage their recovery from home.
So, those quarterly meetings have not happened yet, but there has been one pre-meeting, as it were. Where would we go to get the inputs and outputs when those meetings happen?
Tell us what pre-population means. At the household canvass stage, the forms will be pre-populated with the details of those who were registered in the previous year.
I would like to clarify an issue around pre-negotiations. The governor of the Bank of England has offered discussion on currency union and how it will work.
With longer-term issues such as access to the future planning of European fisheries or agriculture policy, we have more difficulty in trying to ensure that the pre-agreed lines are followed. I do not want to overgeneralise, because the situation varies from department to department.
It is worth noting at this point that Stewart Stevenson gives his apologies. He was here for the pre-meeting briefing, but he has had to go to other business.