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As cabinet secretary, I have had the privilege of visiting many schools across the country, and I am always really impressed by the young people whom I meet.
I am very pleased—and it is to its credit—that the Labour Government has done that. There are many welcome measures in the budget. For example, I argued that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had to change the fiscal rules.
Of equal note is that last Friday will have been disappointing and traumatic for many. Will the Scottish Government give an unequivocal commitment to continue to do all that it can to support the community?
We are about to have a statement on apprentices. How many apprentices will lose their positions at Torness when the cabinet secretary finally gets his way?
Mr Whittle has made a number of reasonable points, and there is no doubt that many applications for wind farm developments can be extremely controversial.