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Let us get rid of the jargon so that people can follow the debate.I will make another superficial remark, on something that annoys me about the document.
There is no mention of rehabilitation or a robust community sentence to follow. The Government will have no credibility if its only response is to blame the previous Government for the problems at Inverness prison.
EKOS’s project of evaluating the homecoming followed the submission of its report on the gathering, but you found what seem to be some enormous discrepancies.
Co-operative banks and credit unions do not put their members’ savings at risk and co-operative businesses do not recklessly endanger their workers’ jobs. Put simply, co-operatives follow Owen’s example and put people before profits.The sector has coped remarkably well during the recession.
Of course, the fact that we have again matched the English poundage rate means that, following revaluation, we expect that the rates burden on businesses in Scotland will be significantly lower than it would otherwise have been.
I thank the minister for that fairly comprehensive reply, even though he ended up by agreeing that we still have a way to go.I want to follow up on the commitment in the equality statement that the Government will work with EBAG in developing equality analysis for the next budget.