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The specification for winter provision is based on a code of practice that was introduced in 1993, which spans all the contract arrangements to date. In some senses, the code of practice is national.
It means that there is more money and more holidays in teaching and less— It is quite offensive to social work staff to say that the only thing that motivates them is money.
That is the smallest rise in Scotland, despite the requirement to give holiday pay to reserve firefighters—a problem that has arisen from the different way in which the fire service operates in a rural community such as Dumfries and Galloway.
We have not really talked about the private sector, but I hasten to add that we do a lot to get sponsors such as the Bank of Scotland or McDonald's involved in community programmes.
On the comparison with the northern isles, I would like to use the example of Andrew Banks of Pentland Ferries Ltd. That man built two piers, at St Margaret's hope in Orkney and at Gill's bay near John o' Groats.
That is a big issue.It is important to remember that we are talking about planning permissions that have already been granted in west Edinburgh, such as the permissions for the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters in Edinburgh Park and various redevelopment sites in Newbridge.
Given the battering that Barclays Bank has taken this week because of the closure of buildings in parts of the country, I shall be very careful when talking about that.