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My officials met members of the senior management team, as part of a programme of active engagement on the interim purpose and principles for post-school education, research and skills that were published last December.
We hear a lot of rhetoric on this question from the Conservatives, but we see absolutely no action or substance whatsoever. Until we get some action from the Conservatives, we will continue to deliver fair and affordable settlements for local government that enable them to deliver the public services on which we all depend.
I thank Stephanie Callaghan for that question and take this opportunity to acknowledge how active she and her office have been on behalf of her constituents on this issue.
I absolutely agree with some of the points that the member made about the importance of getting new entrants into farming. That is why we made the commitment in our manifesto.
For planned care, new out-patient activity and in-patient and day-case activity have increased, with in-patient and day-case waiting lists down compared with the last quarter.
As I said in my original answer, that rate is 66.8 per cent, whereas the UK rate is 65.4 per cent.In that respect, the Government’s activities are focused on ensuring that we stimulate more employment opportunities in Scotland through a higher level of economic activity.
The director general said, “test, test, test”. If we can get that message across, get the testing really blasting away and get the facilities that exist in research units working night and day, we can sort this problem.