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An illustrative estimate of Scottish GDP with a geographic share of Extra Regio output (GDP), suggests that Scotland would have been ranked 5th in terms of GDP per capita against the 27 EU countries in 2009.
In our programme for government, we promised 150,000 extra appointments and procedures, but we now expect to exceed that and to deliver 213,000, meaning that, in total, we will deliver an extra 300,000 appointments and procedures.
In contrast, for example, Ireland— Will the member take an intervention? I do not think that I have any extra time. There is no extra time. It is up to the member whether to take interventions or not.
The reason why convergence does not happen is that the UK’s population keeps rising faster than Scotland’s does, which means that, while Scotland gets only a population share of the extra, which would produce convergence, the existing block of money to which the extra is added is then divided by a larger number of pe...
I am saying that, where we have the potential for rapid new outbreaks, we need far more testing capacity than was available at the start of term. That extra capacity should have been there.
Throughout Covid, we have provided extra funding. There is an additional £20 million within the system; there is also additional money for a range of options that is being routed through the drug deaths task force.