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PE1098 is a long-standing petition, and I think that it is a very good one, but the clerk has reminded me to advise you that we have had no contact from the petitioner since March 2010. I put that point of information on the record.
That approach has been reflected in the updates provided in March and September 2014 and March of this year, and I am grateful for Audit Scotland’s positive feedback on the steps that we have taken.
The facts were laid out yet again on 17 February 2013, when the First Minister responded to a complaint under the ministerial code, and yet again on 5 March 2013, in an extensive release of FOI material to Labour MSP John Pentland.
Formally, the Justice Committee’s work on the bill is done, because the bill was passed at stage 2 and is in the hands of the Parliament, which will return to it formally on 10 March, when stage 3 proceedings are scheduled.
The Government has provided additional funding up to 31 March to help us to get over that hump of additional costs, and the issue will form part of our planning and discussions for next year.
I can think of one young person who has not played her instrument in school since March, and others have not been able to fully participate in physical education.
For all that, we are still in a stronger position now than we were in in March. Infection levels are lower, the number of cases is rising less quickly, and test and protect is taking a lot of the strain of controlling the virus.