It is remarkable that there are parties in the Parliament that seem disappointed at the statistical analysis of GERS, which shows that the budget balance in Scotland is positive for the fourth successive year—a positive balance of £1.3 billion in 2008-09, which gives a total of £3.5 billion over the four-year period—at a time when the UK built up a deficit of £72.3 billion.It would be sensible for people across the chamber to reflect on the fact that that is a position that everyone in Scotland should welcome and should feel satisfied and pleased about, although it points up the fact that we do not get...