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Minister, was it assumed that this £191 million would be covered by extra funding that perhaps has not come through, which means that that figure has to come back down?
That would result in uncertainty, extra cost and—at worst—injustice for people who might be affected by something dropping off the statute book because people were in a rush to deal with such a massive project.
From NatWest’s perspective, given the extra legal costs associated with workarounds, eliminating the need for workarounds will present lower legal charges for customers.
The Scottish Parliament participation and communities team understands that you need to take that extra step and make that extra effort to ensure meaningful participation by working with civil society organisations.
As I explained, it is about using a methodology that we use each year between censuses and extending it for one year extra, so I do not see the impact as significant.
The guidance means that every patient who seeks an in-person meeting will be asked an extra nine questions by a member of staff before they receive an appointment.
In any event, I am very grateful to everyone—organisations, businesses and individuals—who has taken extra care in recent weeks to try to halt and then reverse the spike in cases.
I think that you said in your opening statement and your report that about £0.5 billion extra would have to be found from the resource budget by 2026-27.