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In a sense, there is not much for the short-life working group to do because the policy decisions have been made. Des, that point has been made. I want to develop it.
I commend to members “A Care-Led Recovery from Coronavirus”, which was produced recently by De Henau and Himmelweit. They say: “Any investment in care in the UK would produce 2.7 times as many jobs as an equivalent investment in construction: 6.3 times as many jobs for women and 10% more for men.”
What we have just heard leads on nicely to my questions, which are on repeat prescribing. Jonathan Burton spoke about de-prescribing. In your experience, what proportion of repeat prescribing is avoidable?
Do members wish to go through it and say which elements we should not fund? Which elements should be de-ring-fenced? If Parliament is asking us to make those commitments around the expansion of services, it is not unreasonable to have them identified in the budget.
SNP members are mistaken if they believe that leaving the European Union means that we will de facto leave the European convention on human rights, for the two are very much distinct.
If I recall correctly, Rockall came into the UK in 1955—I will be corrected if necessary. I think that, de facto, it is accepted that it creates that position.
If there is a sense that there has been an attempt to deprioritise the issue or de-escalate its seriousness, I can assure you that that was absolutely not intended.