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Scottish National Party members would argue that putting in place 1,000 extra police has led to the outcome of having the lowest crime levels in 35 years.
For that reason, one criticism of minimum pricing is that it would create a windfall for supermarkets.Can you tell us a little bit about the extra revenue that is raised because of minimum pricing?
“Funding devo more” would let you provide an extra £1 to Scottish pensioners if you wished, although the administrative costs of providing an extra £1 would probably exceed any benefit.
However, as Alasdair Morgan said, MSPs will have to fund those accelerated benefits themselves. The cost to MSPs would be an extra 5 per cent of their salary, which would take their contributions to 11 per cent.