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Given what the cabinet secretary has just been saying, what representations will he make to the UK Government about the financial assistance that is needed now to help Scottish businesses and employees to get through this economic crisis? The Government is in regular contact with the UK Government on that question.
We are taking a range of actions to ensure that we have the right people coming into medical training and that we can get them into the NHS to deliver the excellent care that the NHS delivers for patients across the country.
I stopped short, as I will do again today, of saying that the Government would publish every single piece of advice that it ever gets because, particularly when negotiations are at stake, that would not be a sensible thing for any Government to do.
Does he share my view that a graduated driving licence such as exists in New Zealand, which ensures that young drivers must get more experience before they get a full unrestricted licence, is a good way forward?
That is why I think that the real living wage is the figure that we should be aspiring to getting people paid. That is what I will continue to focus on.
That work is on-going and, when it concludes, I will be more than happy to inform Parliament of that in whatever way makes the most sense. If we are going to get through the questions, we need short questions and answers, please.
On something as important as this, the view is that it is vital that we get it right. I believe that a specific offence of domestic abuse will allow us to capture more aspects of domestic abuse than the current law enables us to do.
We should write back to the minister. We should get the clerks to list very simply the questions that we think have not been answered, as questions 1 to 6, for example.