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More recently there has been a call for zero tolerance towards the attitudes and stereotyping that I have described, but to date such campaigns have failed to materialise.
The other two principles are that it would be paid to individuals, not to households, and that it would be paid at regular intervals through cash being paid by bank transfer, for example. As I mentioned, we would test two levels of income.
In some of the research that the Scottish Government has published, just as in the work that the Treasury and the Bank of England have done, there are notes explaining the assumptions, and one has to look at those assumptions before coming to a judgment on the figures.
In some of the research that the Scottish Government has published, just as in the work that the Treasury and the Bank of England have done, there are notes explaining the assumptions, and one has to look at those assumptions before coming to a judgment on the figures.
It describes first the help that the council can give people if they have financial problems, but the bottom line—it is at the end—is that if I fail to make payments, my earnings or bank account can be arrested and my debt could increase due to legal fees.
We are working on the implementation of the banking union and all its mechanisms. No particular new approaches are envisaged, but we want to launch the newly created structures and check that they are functioning properly.
That is the current situation as I understand it. If that is not the most up-to-date position, it is possibly because I am not up to date with—Inaudible.