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I have been clear that the UK Government funding to date is welcome—not least, because it is our only source of extra funding during the pandemic, as we are not yet permitted extra powers or flexibilities—but it falls short of what is needed.
All the commitment and all the work that we are doing is helping, but the additional money needs to offer something more in terms of extra support for children and extra— With respect, surely what it is showing is that the core funding is inadequate in those schools.
Are you confident that HIS will be able to get the appropriate people to carry out the work? HIS has been provided with extra resources to deal with the extra work.
I will change my final question. Where do all the extra millions of pounds come from? We are always told that there is not enough money for this or that.
A lot of what farmers are doing is in the interests of their business, but a lot of it involves extra work, extra recording and extra effort on their part.
As far as Scotland is concerned, the protection of home and EU places—and, indeed, the injection of certain numbers of extra places into the system—has been good.