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As you will realise, 60 is slightly less than half the present number of temporary sheriffs; the fact that that number has been set in the bill is a conscious recognition of the fact that the system had become too dependent on temporary sheriffs. The number is a best estimate of the ceiling that we envisage, but there is a desire to keep flexibility.
We can certainly have evidence sessions without producing a report, and that has been done before, but I am concerned that we tend to embark on oral evidence sessions and then bring in a special adviser. That is not the best way to proceed and I am just making that point with regard to what happens in future.
On the urban-versus-rural question, my colleague Wendy Alexander gave the best argument yet for further reform of the CAP and all European spending.Why do we spend and what will we get out of it?
The motion before us puts the SNP in a position to ask members to consider the moral argument and to set an example by arguing that no replacement to Trident in Scotland is the best way forward for the Parliament, and is the best way forward for all Scots.
—and so on, the pupils were outside the school at lunchtime. They did not want the best, nutritious meals. One cannot take a horse to water and make it drink.
Patients in Scotland, particularly those in the west of Scotland, deserve access to the best facility, which is a terrific purpose-built tertiary hospital in Clydebank.People want the best medics and nurses and the best support.
Overall, there is no evidence to suggest that private prisons are a panacea or that they, at best, provide anything better than the best of the public sector.