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Through the health improvement fund, we have put money back in so that we can continue to offer subsidised milk in Scotland. I want to follow up on one of Jackie Baillie's points.
I hope that the consultation process on the Scottish human rights commission will be followed by legislation next year to set up a body fairly urgently.
The issue of human rights is complex; expertise is required to deal with it. We cannot always follow it through in all its manifestations without professional input.
If the minister is saying that it was a Cabinet responsibility, that is different from two ministers— I am being advised that your question is not technical and I have to follow the advice so that we keep ourselves right.
We recognise the importance of a strategic funding review and we are moving to implementation of that following the publication of the joint action plan.