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The minister has her eye on the ball, but she has to kick it rather straighter than the Scotland football players can. There are various suggestions for widening the scheme, although, as the minister said, money is not unlimited.
When I told some of the older resident kids that we were really lucky to get those people to come to the school, they said, "Aw, but what about the football?" That is what you expect from kids.
Members of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee who have been to Dalkeith will recall the shed. It is the size of two football fields and is lined with shelves that have papers on them, which people have to run around to find.
If we provide our valuation and, following further discussion, still think that our valuation stands on its merits, that valuation will stand as the independent value that is provided by whoever—whether the district valuer or whoever is providing the independent valuation. So you are a bit like a football referee: even when you are wrong you are right.
None the less, it was a very serious error that has led to many people becoming dissatisfied—dissatisfied, on this occasion, at not receiving a football ticket. The error was one of lack of preparation.
It is unfortunate that, in many of our schools, the education of many is disrupted by the behaviour of the few. By offering constructive alternatives to unruly children, we would be helping those children who wish to learn in the classroom.