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I was quite impressed by John McKendrick, the commissioner for fair access, when he came to the committee, even though he is a former football referee—members will be aware that I have problems with football referees in general.
We would not tax people based on what their jobs’ relative pay was in 1991—that would be a great deal for footballers but a terrible deal for nurses—yet that is what we do for council tax.
Too often, we think about those subjects like central planners sitting in an office deciding how many bagpipe players or footballers Scotland needs, using an equation to balance art against science.
I think that some of the lack of engagement with parents is to do with the gatekeeping behaviour that has emerged because everybody knows that there are currently not enough resources to go around in the education sector and for additional support needs specifically.
That council flat was great; the only thing that I was unhappy about was that I was given a four-year antisocial behaviour order because of noise and partying.
In policing, we set outcomes, which we look to achieve—in other words, the process is not driven by numbers, which, as Peter Reekie has pointed out, can skew behaviours and be quite detrimental to the culture, if we are not careful.
There is a significant risk to that sector, and many others, from the reckless behaviour of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party with regard to Brexit.