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The final question is, that motion S6M-09191, in the name of Michael Matheson, on the hospital at home programme in Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?
Of course, there are some things for which we absolutely need teachers, and some things can be done using teaching assistants. Those needs will look very different in different types of community, such as island communities and those in cities.
I am not saying that the protection of livestock is not an environmental issue, but there is a practical distinction between someone who requires assistance with the protection of livestock and a long-term project for the eradication of an invasive non-native species on an island.
The second measure is the housing first programme, which, again, is a success. So far, the programme has housed more than 500 people with the most complex sets of support needs.
We also have certification in the form of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification and the Forest Stewardship Council, which are two large international forestry certification bodies.
Frankly, we, as lawyers, should not be providing for the courts. We assist the users and, of course, as Lord Reed remarked, we are remunerated for that.
Can the cabinet secretary tell us why, after almost a decade of the Government owning Prestwick airport, it still does not pay the real living wage and give its employees—many of whom live in my region—the proper wage that they deserve?