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The British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners have provided many MSPs with detailed and constructive recommendations, and I urge the minister take them into account. The problem did not arise overnight.
The importance of that land bridge and the issue of continuing to facilitate goods trade between Ireland and continental Europe via the United Kingdom have been recognised in the European Union papers that have been published, and it is being taken into account in the negotiations that are under way.
Indeed, I look forward to holding the Scottish Government to account as we work together to improve Scots law and ensure that it remains relevant and competitive alongside other legal systems.
How will you engage with those children and reassure them that the support that they need will be there during the process and their views will be taken into account? That is what has been lacking this morning—a discussion about engaging with the children who are going to be affected by the legislation.
If a family invests in a starter pack of around 20 reusable nappies and we take into account the cost of putting them in the family wash, we are looking at a total cost of around £205 a year, which therefore means a significant saving.
That is obviously a material shift in the accounting of the Scottish Government. Such questions are substantial and are another variable that has to be dealt with in our longer-term budget planning.
I understand that the panels have to take into account value for money, but do they also have to take into account cost pressures and efficiency savings—which I agree with—that face health boards?
On Roderick Campbell’s point, the amendment will help to improve transparency and accountability in the process that is being put in place for decisions made by the Crown Office to be more open.
The thing is that the UK Government considered sub-sale relief in relation to SDLT and even after taking into account everything that it knew about avoidance, it decided to continue it under SDLT.