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We are looking to offshore renewables, too, and to the extra resource that we need to be able to put in place to deliver on the ambitious commitments that we set out in the programme for government.
I have probably had five weeks holiday in two and a half years because we are having to work flat out as it is. There no extra capacity to say that we will have all the lawyers to run an extra 10 courts unless you do something about it to support us.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported claims by the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) that violence in schools is a result of ministers not listening to demands for extra support to be given to children.
That is not to say that the people on the front line, who are trying to make the system work, are not doing their best. The extra evidence that we got from local authorities, ADES and so on suggests that they are.
The Committee concludes that repeal of the 2012 Act would have an effect with regard to extra-territoriality (with regards to Section 6) and the prosecution of certain offences on indictment.
Does the cabinet secretary really believe that Police Scotland has sufficient resources, considering that, to take a recent example, the extra time and cost to house asylum seekers in Crowborough is taxing the resources not only of local forces there but of people across the whole of England?
Its response suggests that a number of organisations might need to be provided with significant extra resource to tackle the rise in illicit goods that could result from the ban.
We have also committed to providing £200 million to reduce waiting times and improve capacity in order to make the system more efficient and reduce delayed discharges. As a result, we expect an extra 150,000 patients to be treated by March 2026.