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The costs have to be agreed by the Conveners Group, but we can work up costings for the options and work out how much more the event would cost if we offered people extra travel expenses and perhaps overnighters.
Even the Liberal Democrats look more consistent. Having for months demanded extra spending on infrastructure, Labour will today vote against £230 million of it.
However, I maintain that that is an extra year of resource that the Government has given us which enables us to transition into a new budget for Creative Scotland.
As Lorna Gregson-MacLeod knows better than I do, the challenge is to get the commitment and then to get the spend through that. Extra money is welcome, but the challenge is in getting the spend.
When does the First Minister expect to deliver on the clear promise of 1,000 extra police officers? When his promise is met, how many serving police officers does he pledge that Scotland will have?