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From talking to those who use the SAMH services in particular, we have seen that people are certainly not getting the services that they would normally get.
As for what I call our owned and earned activity—for example, our public relations activity—our PR team is focusing on different markets and has very strong relationships with the media in them.
If a particular thing is more expensive in one place or the taxes on it are higher, people decide to shut down an activity until the price that they get goes up.
If we are writing to that service and the Fire Brigades Union, I wonder whether you could get his views on the matter directly from him, because he has been advising the Government.