I am grateful to Mr Finnie, because this is an important point.

Yes, of course.

I am very pleased to open the stage 3 debate on the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill on behalf of the Scottish Conservatives.

I thank the cabinet secretary for indicating his support for amendments 9 and 12 in my name.

The answer is simple.

Why will the SNP Government not hand over the full £96 million in Barnett consequentials to the police?

One always tries to be scrupulously accurate in one’s contributions to these debates, but I fear that I made an error last week.

Does Mr Mason think that it is appropriate to spend £15 million on bus passes rather than on residential drug rehabilitation beds?

6. To ask the Scottish Government how it helps older people to maintain their independence. (S5O-04209)

In 2017, the Scottish Government published a research paper called “Older People and Employment in Scotland”, which included three recomm