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It is also about the level of universal credit and dealing with poverty. Many people who arrive in that situation are in poverty, so that six-monthly approach is incredibly important.
Many will make a life outside Scotland, will marry and will flourish, and my constituent and many other families will be hundreds of miles from their grandchildren, which is a human element of the issue that we must consider.
Normally, in a budget, we start with the inputs—we start with the money that is available and we try to squeeze as many commitments as possible into that funding.
As a result, they need sea bed diversity, and seagrass is one of the many habitats that they can use. They also need to be able to forage for themselves.
I have a question for Teresa Medhurst on an issue that she touched on earlier. Many people would be concerned about a Government’s ability to release people early from prison.