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He was probably talking about the overall increase in resources, including the £50 million, over the period, but I ought not to interpret what the First Minister may or may not have meant—that is a matter for him.
I confess that I had not seen Mr Mather's mind-mapping expertise before then, but I pay tribute to his computer skills, if not to his typing ability. Be that as it may, a lot of good ideas were generated that evening.
The motion calls for such consistency across national borders. It may not be straightforward to set that up and it may not be easy to get agreement across the nations but—to paraphrase both Andrew Carnegie and the Arctic Monkeys—nothing worth having is gotten easily.
Professor Baillie, it was interesting to hear some of your comments about the changes post May 2007. I think that you said that 47 per cent of elected councillors are new.