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Sandy Murray, who is the chair, should have been here today, but he is on holiday, so you have got me instead. We do a significant amount of work with our crofting members.
I draw members’ attention to my ownership of shares in Lloyds Bank. The member refers to the international financial system and previously referred to globalisation.
Across my region, demand for assistance from food banks is increasing. As we near challenge poverty week, I will hold a round table in my region to discuss how we can tackle holiday hunger for children, who miss their school meals.
If it had an issue, would it have to come to the Scottish Government and take money from a bank account? Do you know where liquid resources would come from in a moment of difficulty?
We will need to start getting that money into the bank, because some units will get to the stage at which they are too expensive to repair and it will be cheaper to replace them.
If the English experience is anything to go by, we are probably talking about 50 to 100 men—tops—in Scotland, and I do not think that it would break the bank to offer them Scottish Government-funded compensation.
For me, the scenario is that, on the day that we get all the powers, real people will need to have the money in their bank accounts. Where are we with IT at the moment?