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However, as I have highlighted, we think that the RIAs are missing the cumulative burdens and hidden costs on small businesses and the extra time that it takes them to comply.
So you do not think that it would be necessary to include an extra provision, as alluded to by the Scottish Police Federation, on the age of the child relative to the age of the adult.
However, I would pull back from saying that the commission should have responsibility for setting targets for leakage and so forth, as that would be an extra distraction from its main task.
Is your main concern that, despite the extra money that VisitScotland will receive for marketing, local marketing may suffer if the hubs are not independent enough?
Much more money is being spent on health—the figure is around £1,500 per capita—and few of us would grudge that extra spending, provided that we were sure that we were getting value for money.