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If the rent on a bit of land was £1,000, a tenant in the old days would get just a £5,000 payment, whereas, under the system that I was proposing, they would get a £15,000 payment.
My calculation puts the amount at just shy of £300 million for Liberal Democrat priorities. Why did we get that progress? Because we chose to negotiate properly and get things done.
Those visas would allow us to improve our workforce in Scotland and across the UK, to ensure that people get the right support from their dentist as they need it.
That means that we now have more children and young people from the most challenging circumstances getting the chance to succeed at school and in life.
If we listened to the Tories in this place, local government would not be getting any extra money, because there would be £1 billion less because of unfunded, unaffordable tax cuts.
It might well be that, in due course, we will take evidence on the petition if we do not get something slightly more satisfactory by way of a written response.
The fund was time limited, but the crisis in social care is getting worse by the day. As was highlighted in the Sunday Post, carers are urging the Government to reinstate the fund because they cannot afford to get sick.
As you say, convener, the matter is complicated, but, if we get some clarity from the Scottish Government, that might give us an opportunity to investigate and to get further information on it.