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I also want to pick up on what Christine said about training, which is crucial and should be prioritised. That may mean employing extra prison officers to cover time off for training.
Again, unless other money was made available, extra support for pensioner households would have to come from the tax that was paid by other households.
That suggests that the chances of finding the right person have not increased despite the addition of that extra million people. I have a slightly different viewpoint.
My first question is directed at Allan Wilson, who holds the enterprise portfolio, as well as at Ross Finnie, who is responsible for rural development. It concerns the extra costs of operating a business in rural communities.