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There were an awful lot of demands on the public purse in the form of pay deals—rightly so, given the cost of living that people are facing right now.
Our approach to the equalities strategy is to mainstream as much as possible, but lived experience is crucial to the design of services to ensure that they hit the mark.
I know that the data samples are small and subject to fluctuations, but there appears to be a significant difference in educational outcomes between, for example, looked-after children who live at home and those who live away from home.
The cabinet secretary will of course be aware of the importance of providing access to Catholic archives and history as close as possible to the west of Scotland centres where many Catholic people live. Will she agree to consult further with the Catholic church on whether it will review the arrangements to ensure that there is equal access for people who live in the west of Scotland as well as for those in Edinburgh?
Those issues are still live. As I say, they will now be dealt with through the CEMP, so measures to mitigate those and other issues, which I am sure Chris Wilcock can mention, will still be considered.