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There has been good rhetoric, but the reality is that—no matter how much we welcome extra spending on public transport—we face a 27 per cent increase in road traffic levels by 2021, according to the latest Audit Scotland report.
That was quite interesting.The important comment in the minister's speech was the assurance that he gave about making no changes to accident and emergency provision until there is extra capacity at Wishaw and Hairmyres.
That means that more than one in five Scottish pensioners pay an extra £540 every year—Scottish pensioners pay a staggering £118 million more than they should in council tax.
You are talking about the international finance facility—the proposal to raise an extra $50 billion. Gordon Brown believes that it can work without the US, but I am not so sure.
On the extension of services, Alasdair Morrison mentioned the minister's inability to discuss the costs of tendering. The minister is talking about extra investment. What is the cost of tendering that service?
If the market will not return that extra premium, the state must. If we are to tackle the affordability gap seriously, the market or the state must deliver the extra return.
You have just given the manufacturers an extra three months for completion, taken the pressure off them and said that you propose to take even more pressure off them.