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The two main sectors are Scottish Enterprise and local government, followed by further education. The east of Scotland programme is achieving a reasonable commitment across the three priorities, but there is a discernible slow-down.
As private sector members of the forum, we were keen to establish that what we were told was fair and reasonable and did not necessarily follow anyone else's agenda. We feel that it was worth while to spend what we did on consultancy.
On Monday evening, I visited the excellent facility at Davidson House in Edinburgh and was given the following figures, which relate to the situation even after the new settlement from 1 April.
Another research study that is mentioned supports Dr Wrench's case that the incidence of smoking reduces following a ban on advertising. The study to which Mary Scanlon referred was carried in the International Journal of Advertising.
Before I call Marilyn Livingstone, to be followed by Duncan Hamilton, I point out to the SNP that the last member whom I intend to call is an SNP member.
We have made a significant start in redrawing that relationship.It is essential that a fundamentally different relationship be mapped out between the department and the service to reflect the situation following devolution and the end of the internal market.
I was interested in what you said about the only potential problem that you envisage being a larger uptake of postal votes. As I understand it, following the new regulations, the political parties are encouraging people to use postal votes.