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One of the letters was addressed to me at the Scottish Parliament and was from the NFUS. I hope that I will gain some extra time for that, Presiding Officer.
One of the difficulties in scrutinising the budget, particularly the allocation of extra resources, is that we cannot distinguish between baseline expenditure and additional expenditure.
Most of the community and I believe that the private operator will be unable to cope with the extra demand as a result of the withdrawal of Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd's service on the Gourock to Dunoon route.
As you are probably aware, we also recently announced an extra £20 million for roads.I accept that we have a problem with bridges and the weights of vehicles.
Does she also accept the fact that a majority of MSPs disagree with her and want her to go that extra mile? Older people and their families would be disappointed if ministers made statements that did not result in practical change for them.
That is why we insisted that the £40 million extra funding for materials and equipment, which we announced in November, should be allocated directly to schools.