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Rob Gibson has talked about a couple of his constituents, and I think that the unveiling of the memorial was given an extra significance by the presence of two of the three surviving Orkney convoy veterans, Francis Cusiter and Derek Johnstone, who received medals that day.
The transport budget would have had an extra £30 million per annum and, on top of that, we would have set aside an extra £15 million per annum for black-spot funding.
I remind Nicol Stephen that there are about to be 300 extra teachers and 250 more training places than there were under the previous Administration six weeks ago.
I am struck by the fact that a different impression is conveyed in the January paper, “Summary of Full Financial Responsibility & Independence”, where you put forward the proposition that an increase in Scottish public spending of 1 per cent a year would give us an extra £18 billion of resources in real terms for public service over 10 years.
On the first point, if the bill is enacted as drafted, nothing new will be introduced and no extra protection will be created. Part 2 of the bill, which deals with penalties, suggests imprisonment of up to 12 months, or a fine, or both.
I think that Israel was looking to deport thousands and thousands of Palestinians within a week. Similarly, it is building 1,500 extra illegal houses in east Jerusalem.
We should take heart that many praise that system and that, in evidence, it was described as one of the best systems in Europe. Should the benefits of that extra layer of bureaucracy be extended to private patients who are receiving treatment?