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The First Minister may also have some applause if he answers properly. I have made it clear on many occasions that the first priority of this Parliament is to deal with the areas that are devolved to it, which are its responsibilities and its duties.
More important, we have to work alongside many of the private providers, including BT, to ensure that we have an infrastructure that is fit for business in the next century.
We have heard speculation about redundancy levels in Scottish Enterprise of 100, 130 and 200 jobs. How many jobs are going to go? Is that a result of the overspend?
For example, the public is interested in knowing—I say this for the sake of argument, not to be controversial—how many nurses and policemen there are and how many children there are in a class.
Arbuthnott Report Good morning, minister. It is good to see so many of your team here, although we wondered whether you had left anybody back at the office.