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This point is also worth making: despite the carping of SNP members, we have the benefit of being part of a devolved settlement that delivers from Westminster to Scotland—and from Edinburgh—the best partnership and the best balance.
Practice has evolved—although I am not sure that we are going in the best direction. Dr McHarg suggests that the whole Parliament should be given the power to amend SSIs.
Given what Yvonne Strachan has said, what positive examples have you set to encourage best practice in that regard? In general, we make information available in the form that people ask for.
Some companies will require higher bandwidth, but I stress that SDSL is one of a range of services and that we must consider the medium term from a technology-neutral point of view and decide what is the best mix. I do not see any specific technology solving all our needs.
If we add those who have been, or will be, redeployed to front-line duties as a result of the best-value reviews and modernisations that are taking place, the total will increase by about 1,000.
We worked alongside HIE and Government departments to say what would be the best deal for Scotland. We have not been compromised so far, but that is not to say that we might not be.