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Those procurement rules are specific about the way in which we judge best value for that expenditure; they do not necessarily allow a broad comparator across the public sector.
Although I am sure that advertising executives in our newspapers would be apoplectic at the very suggestion that our newspapers are a poor advertising medium, it is at best naive to suggest that tobacco companies advertise in newspapers for charitable reasons.
Young people go to dances and, despite the best intentions of all involved, many of them get hold of drink and that leads to the most unhappy and miserable episodes.
It would be all too easy to turn this Parliament into a big council for Scotland that interferes in or takes decisions that are best taken locally and are sensitive to local circumstances.
It has been argued that the single designated person for equalities work within a department or division might not necessarily be the best person for a particular area of policy.
Does the minister agree that we need greater input from Government, in terms of funding, if local authorities are to be able to make the best choice—for waste minimisation and recycling as opposed to incineration?