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I would say that the point that you raise is maybe just a myth as opposed to a fact. I am living proof of that. The possibility of injuries to young people from playing rugby and the potential for dementia later in life are in the news again today.
That takes into account not only cost-of-living increases but increments, and the fact that, over people’s working lifetimes, one may expect them to be promoted.
I took great interest in the evidence sessions—I was not able to watch them live, due to other commitments, but I read the Official Report of those sessions.
Everything does not necessarily go live on day 1; there is an opportunity to have a transition period during which VAT revenues are protected but we can look at and understand the figures.
At the time, it also reflected the continuing commitment to maintain police numbers at the time, and it is based on Office for Budget Responsibility projections for future rises in the cost of living and associated costs. Those are the factors that were included.
One of my colleagues in the Scottish Law Commission provided a useful metaphor a few years ago that involves looking at the legal system as plumbing. In the world in which we live—our country and society—we have a legal system that is different but not necessarily the best legal system in the world, and some bits of it are not working so well.
I am not sure that I would be forecasting because, as David Heald said, we live in very unusual times and the past is now not necessarily a good information basis on which to project the future.
I have given details of some of the incentives and discounts, and further details of the incentives for weekly and less-frequent travellers will be given in due course. We are living by the commitments that we made earlier this year.