I recognise that—it is exactly the point that I am making. Waiting lists for mental health services are at an all-time high.

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On a point of order, Presiding Officer. The cabinet secretary refers to money being stolen.

Of course.

Will the member take an intervention?

The cabinet secretary perhaps should not quote selectively because, in the same letter, Police Scotland slammed the overall funding settl

Will the member take an intervention?

Let me make some progress, please. The starting point must first be understood.

I presume that the cabinet secretary acknowledges that it is only a £33 million real-terms increase.

On that point, will the cabinet secretary recognise that, despite the new deal, he has still short-changed the police, given that he has