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As members will recall, we agreed on 5 December to consider such issues papers in private, as they will greatly assist the committee's discussions but may not reflect our final views. Meeting continued in private until 10:25.
Has he forgotten that his party's Scottish manifesto, which was produced in May, said that we need 1,000 more police officers than we currently have, or is that just another policy principle that he leaves outside the Cabinet room?
The other point that I have made is that, if the Executive's timetable for the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Bill is as tight as I think it may be, there is no way that we could take on that additional work on top of what we are already scheduled to do.
At our next meeting, on Wednesday 4 May, we will have day 3 of our stage 2 consideration of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill.
One thing that is certain is that farmers will have far greater freedom to diversify away from traditional livestock farming under the single farm payment support structure. Many current livestock farmers may, for example, choose to diversify into deer farming to satisfy the ever-increasing market for venison.