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Is it not the case that we would be adding an extra layer beyond that? For instance, we would be asking you to make some of those decisions if we gave you the extra powers that Jan Savage described.
I remember meeting an organisation for extra care housing. There are figures from the Office for National Statistics showing that, in the United Kingdom, there are about 15 million bedrooms sitting spare.
We challenged Network Rail to spend circa £50 million extra on a specific asset. Network Rail accepted that challenge and we deemed its finalised plan to be safe.
They are really valuable in supporting learning and supporting our young people in schools, but most pupil support assistants in Scotland work a 27.5-hour week, which means that there is no extra time at the end of the day to offer them training, which is all done through good will.
I am simply asking, if the Scottish Government is going to need an extra £1.3 billion in 2027, what other Government budgets will be cut to pay for that.
That funding goes direct to schools to provide support as teachers think best to give young people the extra help that they need with their mental health and their schoolwork.
Given some of the pressures that those health boards have faced—in A and E in Forth Valley and across the board in Lanarkshire—has any extra thought, resource or anything else been put in place for such health boards that have particular issues?