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We are working with social landlords to make the best use of existing homes, and we are implementing targeted partnership plans with the local authorities that are facing the greatest pressure.
Dr Allan has suggested that the policy on St Kilda sheep does not reflect best practice for the management of other animals in Scotland, and he reflected that, if the Scottish Government’s position is accepted, there might be a moral and a legal duty to manage the sheep population on St Kilda to avoid mass starvation events.
We will continue to work for and with communities in Scotland to understand how best to enhance marine protection so that we can have thriving and sustainable communities.
Instead, a wider package of interventions must be looked at to combat air pollution, particularly in more rural areas, where LEZs were unlikely to provide a solution. Finally, we looked at best practice in tackling air quality.
As for the characterisation of managed decline, I remind Willie Rennie that the latest higher education statistics show that a record number of Scotland-domiciled students are studying at Scottish universities. We have some of the best universities in the world—those universities are world class because they undertake excellent initiatives and provide excel...
Can the First Minister say any more about the steps that the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that it can best support our businesses using the full amount of policy levers that it has at its disposal?
As I pointed out to the minister, somewhat in vain, if a national procurement scheme is better able to get the best price possible in such an exercise and can do so in a way that improves provision, we owe it to Callum—as does the minister—to ensure that that is done.
That is a record that I am proud of, and I very much look forward to seeing my successor build on it. Objectively, the best that we can say is that the First Minister tried and failed—because education in Scotland is poorer.