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Whether it is appropriate to approach those cases differently in Scotland will be a matter for consultation, but if the consultation produces a positive answer to the question, that, too, will reduce the pressures on the service.
In the past couple of weeks, we have produced our “Jobs and Skills in Scotland” report, which provides labour market intelligence across Scotland regarding supply and demand and some of the key challenges facing the labour market.
They want their money and they want it as soon as possible—that is entirely appropriate—but the main thing that they want is surety of timing. We have not been able to produce that until we had a clear IT delivery schedule, which we have only recently firmed up.
It is very much grist to the mill of members around the table who would like the committee to produce an obesity bill to tackle some of the practical issues that you describe.
Is the cabinet secretary not aware that the figures that he has cited can be brought about only by excluding non-domestic rates, something that even the Scottish Parliament information centre does not do when it produces the figures? When those figures are produced, it shows a disproportionate cut for our local autho...