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In summary, the detailed analysis of commercial interventions that is now taking place demonstrates that the Scottish Government will always do its very best to ensure that any agreements that we enter into are the right ones.
The Government has supported them to the best of our ability during the pandemic with, as I said, £0.5 billion of support for a number of areas—including but not limited to support for teacher numbers.
The review highlights that, despite their best efforts, its authors “experienced challenges in securing the participation of prison staff” and had no control over “ensuring randomised selection of participants and informed consent.”
The governors are not tyrants—I am not suggesting that that has been suggested—and they know that the best way of managing a prison is to allow the maximum possibility for purposeful activity, such as visits.
That is an example of a council doing what it can to give children the best start in life. It is clear to me that if such action was to be replicated across Scotland, our young people would start off with the best of benefits.