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More coaches and volunteers are needed to run extra-curricular clubs and, in rural areas, access to proper sporting facilities is a problem.The Liberal Democrats have long campaigned for better provision of local sports facilities.
I challenge any member to find within those areas a single budget line in relation to which MSPs have not demanded extra spending or opposed reductions in spending.
In addition, we must review whether we, as a result of Government policy, are placing extra burdens upon them, and the introduction of the IFRS is undoubtedly a significant extra burden that is placed upon them by auditors.
It said that the UK economy would be boosted by at least £16 billion in the first three years and that the abolition of APD would result in almost 60,000 extra jobs across the UK in the longer term.