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If we try to put everything through one hub, it may not be able to cope, especially at peak times pre-Christmas. That is a real concern for me and my members.
We have called for an annual budget of £240 million and for that to rise to meet those targets. In the committee’s pre-budget scrutiny, I encourage you to look at the figures bearing in mind what you heard today and, also in the light of the evidence that you heard today, to explore what is happening with the heat decarbonisation plan that is due out this ...
My judgment, therefore, is that you consider that to be the pre-eminent data in your ability as education secretary to assess what is happening in Scottish education.
Because of delays by Wabtec with the heavy overhaul of the train, we will be operating some HSTs in what we call “classic mode”—in other words, pre-refurbishment—although they are still quality trains.
Presumably, that would be in 2020, when the break clause comes into force for the current franchise agreement, but we have no way of predicting what the quality of service will be in 2020. It is impossible to pre-empt a decision on whether the break clause should or could be applied at that time, so deciding today that it should be applied in two years does...
Also, if ministers made regulations to extend the availability of electronic monitoring to pre-trial situations, it would not be appropriate to refer to the individual as an “offender”, because, at that point, they would not be an offender.
You have raised a number of important issues. I do not want to pre-empt the committee’s scrutiny and its dialogue with the relevant portfolio minister, but I will touch on the example that you gave before I talk about rights literacy and bill teams.
How do we use the early years to mitigate the effects of poverty on a child’s life? How do we improve outcomes at the pre-school level? The Scottish Government policy environment recognises that at the moment.