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The issues around equalities and budgeting have been talked about many times over many years and I am not sure that there is much to be said that is new.
Children First have worked closely with Scottish Women’s Aid who have highlighted many similar concerns, and we would therefore also point to their submission on the issues created by the failure to create this register.
It has become a vital cultural touchstone for many communities, which is not dissimilar to the role that coal mining played in many places across Scotland in the past.
The First Minister has told us that she does not know how many people are in hospital because of Covid, how many people are in intensive care because of Covid, and, of those, how many are unvaccinated.