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In the recent round of discussions, there were some questions about the cumulative effect of the council tax freeze and how much extra money could have been generated otherwise.
The challenge for authority will not be about whether the legal niceties can be tied up, but about finding the extra £0.5 million, or whatever is needed, to pay their contractors so that they pay the living wage.
More broadly, with regard to childcare, how would you characterise the balance between universalism and the importance of extra provision for those who are most excluded—in particular, disabled children?
We have apologies from Bob Doris, who will not be here—initially at least—because the Health and Sport Committee has an extra meeting this morning to complete a report, which he has had to attend.
The second piece of work also involved bringing together existing data, but this time on the socioeconomic use of our seas.Those two products were taken up by SNH and the JNCC and reviewed, and extra information that had been collected in the meantime was added.
In the meantime, is there any hope that the present schemes can be kept going for an extra period to ensure that farmers do not lose substantial amounts of income?