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To ask the Scottish Executive whether road improvements for the A90 and A96 around the Haudagain roundabout following de-trunking will be the responsibility of Aberdeen City Council.
Apart from extra funding, which you mentioned, what can be done to encourage local authorities to introduce property-level protection schemes and automated protection schemes in places such as Comrie or Stonehaven?
The fact is that a lot of the costs in the sector have gone up; things are complicated, and we cannot pin the blame just on the rise in employer national insurance contributions and so on.
The answer to the question is not a technocratic one about the fiscal framework. It sounds to me as if you are pinning all your hopes on a review to fix the problem.
I have set out the SSI; we are dancing on the head of a pin. We are not. I do not agree. With respect, cabinet secretary, you are not answering the question.
The cabinet secretary is dancing on the head of a pin on that issue. What I and the public want to know is this: what crimes for which people are currently incarcerated does the Government believe that people should not be incarcerated?
I do not know whether any of my colleagues want to come in on that specific point; we have had a wee bit of discussion on it. I am going to try to pin you down, minister. At one point, in answer to Marie McNair, you said that we must ensure that legislation and regulation are embedded.