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It is like having a massive piggy-bank. Every time that a few pence were saved here or there, you put them in the piggy-bank rather than putting them back into spending under the budget head that they came from.
We will then have to give them a fair amount of time to respond because so many people will be on holiday. So nothing can really begin until after the summer recess.
Natural regeneration can be enhanced by such simple measures as clearing trees from river banks, fencing in river banks to allow them to remain ungrazed, creating ripples in streams and so on.
Perhaps it could be pointed out to Jack McConnell that we did not get even 30 days' holiday. It is not for this committee to debate holidays for MSPs, but it is open to petitioning by them.
If the proposals for the development of best value to replace CCT are well in advance, why did you not include a later date in the bill, rather than having no date at all?
However, three weeks later, on 10 August, the figure has gone up by a further £200,000. The bank overdraft limit is going to be breached, the bank has to increase the overdraft facility.