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In the present financial year, we have made it clear to Police Scotland that we expect it to maintain the commitment to having about 1,000 extra police officers. I am also clear that the service in the coming years must reflect the changing demands that it faces.
Our partners in China advised us of the change in the tax regime, so we provided for the potential that we would be charged extra, because there was a retrospective element.
Since then, I think—Alan Wyllie can correct me if I am wrong—that the Scottish Government has provided extra funding for mitigation. Have you calculated the emergency funding that would be needed this year and next year?
Would it be special topical debates that pick up on issues that are current—not necessarily current that day, but relatively current that week? Or would you look to spend the extra time on something else? How would the extra time look?