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We have their interests at heart and it is our job to make the decisions—that is what we get paid miserably for. But you are going to get golden carrots.
Although the £7 million was identified as a saving, it has no impact on the amount of money that local government gets in total—it gets the same amount of money.
We should get the Treasury to change the rules—I know that that will be difficult—rather than invent subtle ways of getting round them.We need to devise a system under which we can move money around.
We are dismantling barriers to volunteering, such as lack of awareness of volunteering and how to get involved. We are improving the experience that volunteers have by developing the skills of volunteer managers to recruit and support volunteers.
Scottish Enterprise is keeping the Executive informed of developments. Will the minister be more active in trying to find a solution to the dispute between Scottish Enterprise management and Careers Scotland staff?
Will she reassure us that the Government's eye is not completely on the G8 ball and that it is examining how we can get the best out of the open at St Andrews to promote tourism in Fife?