:00:20. > :00:24.Welcome to the Scottish Parliament here at Holyrood, the talking point
:00:25. > :00:28.this morning those remarks from standard life in their annual report
:00:29. > :00:32.saying they would have to make potential preparations for with
:00:33. > :00:36.drying operations from Scotland in the event of the risks associated
:00:37. > :00:43.with independence. Let us cross to the chamber. -- Standard Life.
:00:44. > :00:49.Sadly, we have had confirmation earlier this morning a 62-year-old
:00:50. > :00:53.man fell from a platform in the North Sea, transferred to hospital,
:00:54. > :00:59.but he has unfortunately passed away. I know the chamber will join
:01:00. > :01:05.me in expressing condolences to family, friends and colleagues at
:01:06. > :01:07.this distressing time. We on this side add our condolences and
:01:08. > :01:16.recognise the importance that people going to work are kept safe.
:01:17. > :01:17.recognise the importance that people the United Kingdom. I'm
:01:18. > :01:20.recognise the importance that people companies need to leave Scotland
:01:21. > :01:31.before the First Minister admits I guess vote would be a disaster for
:01:32. > :01:34.Scottish jobs? -- a yes vote. Let me quote exactly from the question and
:01:35. > :01:40.answer session at the Standard Life annual meeting. How many people do
:01:41. > :01:44.you employ in Edinburgh which might want with be the impact of moving
:01:45. > :01:49.jobs? We have made no decision of moving jobs at the current time as a
:01:50. > :01:53.consequence of the constitutional debate. We are proud of Scottish
:01:54. > :01:58.heritage and believe it is a good place to conduct business and
:01:59. > :02:02.compete around the world. They they have intended to plant if this
:02:03. > :02:05.continues to not be the case. Our submission should be that Standard
:02:06. > :02:09.Life will find Scotland a good place to do business, as does business in
:02:10. > :02:13.ten countries around the world, and that will happen first and foremost
:02:14. > :02:17.because of the excellence of the staff, its prime asset, the 5000
:02:18. > :02:24.people working in Scotland, the strength of the company. And second,
:02:25. > :02:29.relating to their points, the Scottish Government puts forward the
:02:30. > :02:32.concept of a shared currency and revelatory framework, which is
:02:33. > :02:38.exactly the sort of things that Standard Life have been calling for.
:02:39. > :02:41.Given that statement, and given the importance of Scotland as a good
:02:42. > :02:45.place with which to run business and compete around the world, in this
:02:46. > :02:49.chamber not unite in having confidence that an independent
:02:50. > :02:58.Scotland, under any constitutional framework, will be exactly that?
:02:59. > :03:03.APPLAUSE. Only in Alex Salmond's world was what Standard Life dead
:03:04. > :03:07.today represented by what he has said. -- said today. Are tried and
:03:08. > :03:27.tested path. Denial, JEERING.
:03:28. > :03:33.Delusion. Ms Lamont, deception is not acceptable in the chamber. It
:03:34. > :03:40.certainly isn't, and is not in the chamber. And it is not acceptable in
:03:41. > :03:50.life. It is not acceptable in the chamber. Continue. Standard Life is
:03:51. > :03:55.worth nearly ?250 billion, 90% of its customers are in the rest of the
:03:56. > :03:59.United Kingdom. Now, Standard Life is actively making plans to leave
:04:00. > :04:08.Scotland if the First Minister gets his way. No amount of bluff, no
:04:09. > :04:15.amount of bluster, and no amount of bullying from Alex Salmond can
:04:16. > :04:19.change that fact. Now, Will the First Minister admit that, if
:04:20. > :04:28.Scotland leaves the United Kingdom, people's jobs will leave Scotland?
:04:29. > :04:30.The bluff, bluster and bullying applies to George Osborne, the Tory
:04:31. > :04:36.Chancellor that she is in alliance with. What Standard Life are seeing
:04:37. > :04:41.is what I have read out. I know Johann Lamont says she does not
:04:42. > :04:45.believe what I say, but I was reading exactly from the question
:04:46. > :04:50.and answer session at two-day's AGM. What they are two is they want
:04:51. > :04:56.Scotland to be a good place in which to run business and complete around
:04:57. > :05:01.the world, as they do in ten countries at the moment. We say we
:05:02. > :05:04.can say that Scotland will be a good place to run business from, we can
:05:05. > :05:09.do that because of the propositions we make, have a currency union,
:05:10. > :05:15.secure regulatory environment, we make, have a currency union,
:05:16. > :05:19.the skills and assets of its staff, which is what makes Standard Life,
:05:20. > :05:23.and has made Standard Life, a successful company. The Scottish
:05:24. > :05:28.Government put forward a viewpoint of what we believe to be in the best
:05:29. > :05:31.interests of Scotland, a logical and rational argument. Is it really the
:05:32. > :05:37.case that you and Lamb and is making is that Scotland will not be a good
:05:38. > :05:40.place to do business? -- the real case that Johann Lamont is making
:05:41. > :05:45.question that there is substantial evidence that not only will it be a
:05:46. > :05:49.good place to do business, but an independent Scotland will be a more
:05:50. > :05:55.competitive place to do business. APPLAUSE. It is precisely because
:05:56. > :05:59.Scotland is a good place to do business we want Scotland to stay
:06:00. > :06:05.strong in the United Kingdom, in the currency union we have now. The
:06:06. > :06:09.First Minister has to explain why he wants to create change to something
:06:10. > :06:12.that is actually working all stop but of course, it is not just
:06:13. > :06:18.Standard Life. Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank the First
:06:19. > :06:26.Minister used to work for, that he encouraged to do the deal which made
:06:27. > :06:34.them go bust, The Royal Bank of Scotland--... JEERING. Order. We
:06:35. > :06:46.have all seen the letter you wrote to Fred Goodwin. The of Scotland has
:06:47. > :06:50.said that uncertainty is damaging their fragile business. Standard
:06:51. > :06:53.Life planning to leave, RDS shedding Scottish jobs. When the First
:06:54. > :07:02.Minister said he did not mind that your economics, he was not kidding.
:07:03. > :07:06.-- RBS shedding jobs. Isn't it the case that Alex Salmond's
:07:07. > :07:11.-- RBS shedding jobs. Isn't it the Margaret Thatcher?
:07:12. > :07:14.-- RBS shedding jobs. Isn't it the believes that Scotland is not
:07:15. > :07:18.genetically programmed to make political decisions could possibly
:07:19. > :07:26.come up with that concoction of nonsense! Let us take it parties by
:07:27. > :07:30.piece. We have been here before. Standard Life in the past have
:07:31. > :07:37.expressed concerns. In 1992, of course, the managing director wrote
:07:38. > :07:41.to every employee saying that any constitutional change, any
:07:42. > :07:47.constitutional change, would be damaging for their business and cost
:07:48. > :07:51.jobs, but by 1997, they had changed their minds as experience showed
:07:52. > :07:58.them constitutional change could secure a business environment. I
:07:59. > :08:04.think Johann Lamont should remember that in the past, other people have
:08:05. > :08:08.been convinced by experience and evidence that Scotland indeed is
:08:09. > :08:12.genetically programmed to make political decisions. But then of
:08:13. > :08:14.course she mentions other things. There have been a range of
:08:15. > :08:23.statements across the financial sector. Ross McEwan stated that the
:08:24. > :08:26.Royal Bank operates in 38 countries, an independent Scotland would make
:08:27. > :08:33.it 39. Independence was described as a matter for the Scottish people to
:08:34. > :08:41.decide. Aberdeen asset management, if it did happen, it would been
:08:42. > :08:44.neutral. Major figures recognise that the operations of their
:08:45. > :08:51.business in an independent Scotland could be highly successful. In the
:08:52. > :08:55.past, when we were faced with businesses who have concerns or
:08:56. > :08:59.doubt, and the Anson of those supporting constitutional change was
:09:00. > :09:04.to demonstrate by evidence and billions that Scotland would be more
:09:05. > :09:06.successful. -- the answer. That is what has been done in the past and
:09:07. > :09:11.will be done with what has been done in the past and
:09:12. > :09:15.debate. But she should say she believes that Scotland is capable of
:09:16. > :09:20.making political decisions, because if you don't believe that, and she
:09:21. > :09:24.seemed to deny in a debate earlier this week, then the whole basis on
:09:25. > :09:29.which we have come so far to this parliament is being denied and, as
:09:30. > :09:32.we have demonstrated, our ability to run so many of the affairs of
:09:33. > :09:37.Scotland better than they have ever been run from Westminster, so we can
:09:38. > :09:40.demonstrate our ability to run our economy and other great issues and
:09:41. > :09:50.independent Scotland will do. APPLAUSE. Yet more from the First
:09:51. > :09:57.Minister, obviously someone up Googling, Alex Salmond is right.
:09:58. > :10:02.LAUGHTER. I just thought they were getting paid for it. This is far too
:10:03. > :10:06.serious to score cheap points about the significance about what Standard
:10:07. > :10:15.Life is being. About what Standard Life is saying. Now, BP has warned
:10:16. > :10:19.independence will damage Scotland. RBS Damaged by the uncertainty Alex
:10:20. > :10:23.Salmond is even causing now. Standard Life planning to leave if
:10:24. > :10:28.there is a yes vote. The workers on the River Clyde warning there will
:10:29. > :10:38.be no shipbuilding after a yes vote. The First Minister can selectively
:10:39. > :10:41.quote all he likes. He can rewrite people's words and try to mislead
:10:42. > :10:48.the people of Scotland all he can. But the reality, more jobs go down
:10:49. > :10:56.at Ravenscraig, more than Bathgate, more than Linwood. If there is a yes
:10:57. > :10:58.vote, isn't it the case that we will need to be right that song. If there
:10:59. > :11:07.is a yes vote, isn't need to be right that song. If there
:11:08. > :11:15.Standard Life no more. RBS no more. Shipbuilding no more! The Scotland,
:11:16. > :11:28.the Scotland, we love and fight for, no more. And all for Alex Salmond, a
:11:29. > :11:40.price worth paying. APPLAUSE. Hors d'oeuvre. -- Order. Looking at
:11:41. > :11:46.what she has quoted, such as Bathgate, the things put out by the
:11:47. > :11:51.no campaign in 1979, one which she supported, because she was against
:11:52. > :11:57.evolution. Scotland did not get a parliament and guess what happened?
:11:58. > :12:07.Bathgate, Linwood, Lochaber, all closed! APPLAUSE. Now, of course, if
:12:08. > :12:11.you Lamont had not supported the no campaign in 1979, she could have
:12:12. > :12:16.said that the sole Tory scaremongering, but now we are
:12:17. > :12:22.seeing not just Tory scaremongering, because she was a no vote in 1979,
:12:23. > :12:27.she agrees with exactly the same tactics that Scotland has grown out
:12:28. > :12:31.of over these last 20 years. We have seen through this gear mongering. If
:12:32. > :12:38.we had not been through Ed, we would not have this Parliament. -- seen
:12:39. > :12:41.through the scaremongering. Scotland will go on to prosperity and more
:12:42. > :12:46.equality through an independent Scotland, it will not be our
:12:47. > :12:54.business no more, it will be the Labour Party no more. CHEERING.
:12:55. > :12:59.Question number two. Order. Ruth Davidson. I would like to add
:13:00. > :13:04.Question number two. Order. Ruth chamber to the family of the worker
:13:05. > :13:07.from the platform tragically killed and I would like to ask the First
:13:08. > :13:15.Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister? No plans in the near
:13:16. > :13:18.future. Thank you. 5000 people across Scotland will cut to hear
:13:19. > :13:24.that, in the event of a yes vote, the jobs might move both. The chief
:13:25. > :13:28.executive of Standard Life, David Ness, said he had started to
:13:29. > :13:34.establish countries outside of Scotland to operate within
:13:35. > :13:39.independence. They are just making calm and rational preparations for
:13:40. > :13:43.what happens when you break up a country in which it is operating.
:13:44. > :13:51.Standard Life has just told as their plan B. How about the First
:13:52. > :13:57.Minister? Can I read Ruth Davidson something written in the past? The
:13:58. > :14:00.Scottish life-insurance industry has emerged in recent weeks as the
:14:01. > :14:03.business sector most publicly demented by even the hint of home
:14:04. > :14:09.rule. The biggest players, led by Standard Life and Scottish Widows,
:14:10. > :14:14.even included letters to staff warning about the status of jobs.
:14:15. > :14:19.That was written by Alf Young, the commentator, talking about the 1992
:14:20. > :14:25.election campaign. What was worst about that aspect in the campaign,
:14:26. > :14:30.it was the Conservative Party who were exploiting fears of business
:14:31. > :14:35.and trying to translate them into opposition to constitutional change
:14:36. > :14:41.in Scotland. But what happened, by 1997, is that people had been
:14:42. > :14:47.through that tactic I have read what Standard Life actually said today.
:14:48. > :14:50.They said they wanted security in having a competitive business
:14:51. > :14:53.environment. I read it to the chamber that Scotland would be a
:14:54. > :14:57.good place through which to run business and compete around the
:14:58. > :15:04.world in the ten countries and due respect and is which Standard Life
:15:05. > :15:07.currently operates. Ruth Davidson, can you not, from the position of
:15:08. > :15:13.the Scottish Conservatives, not express the confidence that we can
:15:14. > :15:17.create, in Scotland, that good competitive place to do business, so
:15:18. > :15:34.that our highly successful companies can grow their staff in an
:15:35. > :15:40.independent Scotland? APPLAUSE. What he does not understand is that when
:15:41. > :15:47.David nicht tells people what they will do it is not a conspiracy, when
:15:48. > :15:52.other companies say they would move business it is not a conspiracy,
:15:53. > :15:59.when Asda say they will put up prices, that is not a conspiracy.
:16:00. > :16:04.When it is said that a currency union without shared government
:16:05. > :16:09.would be very dangerous, that is not a conspiracy. When a Canadian banker
:16:10. > :16:13.says you would have to give up sovereignty to have currency union,
:16:14. > :16:19.that is not a conspiracy. However much he would like to protest that
:16:20. > :16:26.the Chancellor of the Exchequer, his opposite numbers and the Treasury
:16:27. > :16:30.say that a currency union would not be in the best interests of the rest
:16:31. > :16:35.of the UK, that is not a conspiracy either. Explaining how independence
:16:36. > :16:42.would affect them, their country, their business and their customers
:16:43. > :16:48.is vital to this debate and the SNP should not dismiss those voices or
:16:49. > :16:53.shout them down. Standard Life has said that jobs could go in an
:16:54. > :16:54.independent Scotland if they are not giving our duty on
:16:55. > :17:01.independent Scotland if they are not issues. What can
:17:02. > :17:05.independent Scotland if they are not tell their employees today that he
:17:06. > :17:11.could not tell them yesterday? The conspiracy is not taking place among
:17:12. > :17:14.the range of companies that Ruth Davidson quartered, it is taking
:17:15. > :17:23.place among the scaremongers who want to misrepresent what is being
:17:24. > :17:27.presented. The governor of the Bank of England to made the judicious
:17:28. > :17:31.speech in Edinburgh a few weeks ago is to be incorporated with the
:17:32. > :17:34.Chancellor of the Exchequer 's political statements against
:17:35. > :17:40.monetary union. I have already read out what the Chief Executive of the
:17:41. > :17:49.Bank of Scotland said, I heard him on the radio this morning, she is
:17:50. > :17:58.misquoting him. I have seen on the record what else has been said. I
:17:59. > :18:04.noticed in the papers last week that standard life investments have
:18:05. > :18:10.reportedly agreed a joint venture acquisition in the joint deal for a
:18:11. > :18:14.site for Edinburgh. The deal was described as a first-class long-term
:18:15. > :18:19.investment for our partners, that is what is going on in terms of the
:18:20. > :18:24.Scottish economy and the attempts by the Chancellor Nix Decker going back
:18:25. > :18:32.to 2011 to undermine confidence have failed. Ruth Davidson's attempts
:18:33. > :18:35.will as well. She asks who is supporting our proposition for a
:18:36. > :18:43.currency union. A huge range of people. Emig Donald, Tony Banks,
:18:44. > :18:49.Martin Mackay, Edwin McKee, key business people who have signed a
:18:50. > :19:01.letter to the Scotsman. The UK as an optimal currency zone and would
:19:02. > :19:04.letter to the Scotsman. The UK as an in the future. Jim Walker of the
:19:05. > :19:09.bank and business finance partner. A range of people. Above all, the
:19:10. > :19:15.Scottish people who, by a significant majority, think our
:19:16. > :19:23.proposal is right. Everyone else who supports our proposal for a currency
:19:24. > :19:31.union. Jackson Karloff. Not only is he is support, he goes further, he
:19:32. > :19:37.will man the barricades. I love giving Ruth Davidson the benefit of
:19:38. > :19:45.the doubt, when Jackson is on the barricades Ruth and I will be
:19:46. > :19:49.standing along with him. The First Minister will be a weird last week
:19:50. > :19:55.that in response to investigations by the Kieran Spectra it it was
:19:56. > :19:58.announced the Independent Hamilton schoolmasterly in Aberdeen would
:19:59. > :20:02.close immediately. The future provision for preschool children
:20:03. > :20:09.following the closure of the nurse remains in doubt. Well be Minister
:20:10. > :20:13.update us on progress and ensure as everything is being done to find
:20:14. > :20:20.places for the nursery children affected and minimise disruption to
:20:21. > :20:24.families? I can report, and she knows that Aberdeen Council and the
:20:25. > :20:29.Scottish Government are working closely on this. As of last night,
:20:30. > :20:33.over 50 places have already been secured for the children involved.
:20:34. > :20:38.She knows that faced with the reports that the government
:20:39. > :20:41.ministers were faced with, there was no reasonable alternative but to
:20:42. > :20:49.take the action which was required to be taken with guard to the
:20:50. > :20:52.Hamilton school. We will continue to work closely with Aberdeen Council
:20:53. > :21:00.to insular the minimum of disruption. I think the very rapid
:21:01. > :21:05.and effective and is was left with the primary children. -- to ensure
:21:06. > :21:09.the minimum of disruption. I think looking at the efforts that have
:21:10. > :21:15.been made, it affects the children, families and staff of the school.
:21:16. > :21:22.Everyone is doing their up most to make sure there is the minimum of
:21:23. > :21:30.disruption. The welfare of children has been uppermost in everyone's
:21:31. > :21:36.mind. Can I ask the First Minister of what support the Scottish
:21:37. > :21:43.Government is finding for food banks? We have now put in place more
:21:44. > :21:54.than ?250 million of medication. That is over three years from 2013,
:21:55. > :21:59.14, to 2015/16. That is to help with welfare change. That is aimed at the
:22:00. > :22:06.most vulnerable in society to tackle the worst impact of cuts which,
:22:07. > :22:10.research and September found that food banks themselves believe are
:22:11. > :22:15.the root cause of the massive increase in numbers using their
:22:16. > :22:20.services. We will continue to work with partners to insure that those
:22:21. > :22:27.who use food banks have access to appropriate advice and support. I
:22:28. > :22:32.have asked for more research into food poverty in Scotland. In the
:22:33. > :22:37.week when Scotland's largest food bank ran out of food, does he agree
:22:38. > :22:43.with the General Assembly and Church of Scotland when they said this is
:22:44. > :22:48.not right Western Mark this is an affront to the dignity of our fellow
:22:49. > :22:56.human beings when they are forced to rely on these services.
:22:57. > :22:59.human beings when they are forced to the measure of a just society that
:23:00. > :23:05.we resolve to tackle and eradicate the poverty that exists in
:23:06. > :23:12.Scotland? I agree with that. I also think that any politician who visits
:23:13. > :23:18.and supports the food bank is caught in the pawns of dilemma of two
:23:19. > :23:27.minds. Admiration for the solidarity being shown by those who worked in
:23:28. > :23:31.food banks, those volunteering to help fellow citizens, but also the
:23:32. > :23:37.clearer understanding shared by those volunteers in the food banks
:23:38. > :23:41.that it is disgraceful that in 21st century Scotland we are seeing the
:23:42. > :23:47.spread of the necessity to help our fellow citizens in distress. I think
:23:48. > :23:53.both these aspects should be taken forward policy. One is solidarity
:23:54. > :23:57.which does help people and secondly the determination to eliminate the
:23:58. > :24:05.necessity of people trying to rely on food banks. I could not agree
:24:06. > :24:10.more with those comments. Referral have been made to food banks instead
:24:11. > :24:13.of grants being made available from the Scottish welfare fund, this is
:24:14. > :24:20.happening at a time when the Scottish welfare fund is
:24:21. > :24:25.substantially underspent. The minister last week projecting an
:24:26. > :24:29.underspend of millions. Wiki there for consider an urgent review to
:24:30. > :24:35.ensure the Scottish welfare fund better supports those in prices,
:24:36. > :24:40.negating some of the needs for food banks? It is under review. When I
:24:41. > :24:45.visited Edinburgh food banks a couple of weeks ago they were saying
:24:46. > :24:50.exactly that. Operations with local authorities is insular in a better
:24:51. > :24:54.provision. It was often said these bonds are undersubscribed. It seems
:24:55. > :24:58.quite clear that the series of mitigation is put forward by the
:24:59. > :25:01.Scottish Government and local authorities are not going to be
:25:02. > :25:06.undersubscribed, they are new schemes that have been set and as
:25:07. > :25:11.time goes on more and more is being claimed from that mitigation
:25:12. > :25:35.scheme. That is the reality. The other reality at some stage Jackie
:25:36. > :25:38.Baillie is going to face is that with all the best will in the world,
:25:39. > :25:40.?250 million of mitigation, we cannot cope with the full extent of
:25:41. > :25:43.the welfare cuts that have been born down upon many sections of Scottish
:25:44. > :25:46.society. Given that is the reality, at some stage she will also have to
:25:47. > :25:48.reconsider her incredible position not that Scotland could not run
:25:49. > :25:50.welfare provision but that it should not run welfare provision. The
:25:51. > :25:53.reality is that it must run welfare provision. To ask the First Minister
:25:54. > :26:00.what the Scottish Government position is on the recent increase
:26:01. > :26:05.in the reported incidence of rape. It is troubling. We know the highest
:26:06. > :26:10.proportion are never reported to police, it may be that victims have
:26:11. > :26:15.more confidence in the police and are more willing to come forward to
:26:16. > :26:20.report crime. The Crown Office has also improved the way it handles
:26:21. > :26:31.rape with the creation of the National sexual crimes unit. I thank
:26:32. > :26:34.him for that answer but whatever the reason for the increase, given the
:26:35. > :26:39.current constraints on public finance, can he advise what funding
:26:40. > :26:43.is available from the Scottish Government to ensure agencies to
:26:44. > :26:49.assist alleged rape victims are properly financed? There are now 14
:26:50. > :26:55.Scottish rape crisis centres. They properly financed? There are now 14
:26:56. > :26:59.will receive funding each year until 2015. Rape crisis Scotland will see
:27:00. > :27:07.244,000 of government funding each year. They also support the 14 rape
:27:08. > :27:13.crisis centres. We are also providing a rape at Viscusi pilot
:27:14. > :27:17.which supports victims through their contact with criminal justice
:27:18. > :27:24.systems. We support the rape crisis helpline which received 260,000 of
:27:25. > :27:30.Scottish Government funding from 2012 to 2015. That offers
:27:31. > :27:35.confidential information and help for women and men who have received
:27:36. > :27:42.sexual violence. In light of the evidence given by health and
:27:43. > :27:48.well-being audit committee in February, how many confidentiality
:27:49. > :27:55.clauses have been included automatically in NHS cases? They
:27:56. > :28:00.were induced in 1993, while these clauses have often been used there
:28:01. > :28:04.is no obligation to do so. There is understandable concern that the
:28:05. > :28:12.inclusion of a confidentiality clause in a standard template
:28:13. > :28:16.produced in 2009 has been encouraging their use. That is why
:28:17. > :28:20.this morning it was announced these confidentiality clauses are to be
:28:21. > :28:25.removed from the standard template. The presumption must be against
:28:26. > :28:30.their use. There is no cause whatsoever that can ever prevent an
:28:31. > :28:38.NHS employee raising any concerns they might have on patient safety.
:28:39. > :28:42.Can I thank him for his remarks? Is you Wear, according to Freedom of
:28:43. > :28:50.information requests, in 2007/8 there
:28:51. > :28:51.information requests, in 2007/8 NHS in Scotland at the cost
:28:52. > :28:58.information requests, in 2007/8 ?130,000. That figure has risen
:28:59. > :29:09.every year since. In 2012 to 110. Last year to 143, ?3.5 million. Now
:29:10. > :29:15.we discover that every one of these has a confidentiality clause. That
:29:16. > :29:22.they recognise this problem is one of his own creation? After Ken
:29:23. > :29:27.Macintosh thanking me for the week I responded to his first question, I
:29:28. > :29:37.think he should accept that the Health Secretary has consistently
:29:38. > :29:42.says he is looking at this issue. Looking at how this can best be
:29:43. > :29:49.sorted in the interest of patients gear -- patient care in Scotland.
:29:50. > :29:58.They can be no cause in terms of law to prevent an NHS Folly raising
:29:59. > :30:02.concerns of safety. The patient's rights act established a
:30:03. > :30:06.confidentiality helpline and Alex Neil announced this very morning at
:30:07. > :30:11.the Royal College of Nursing conference of taking a further move
:30:12. > :30:16.to ensure a deal through the use of the standard template to make it
:30:17. > :30:19.absolutely clear to health boards that the confidentiality clauses are
:30:20. > :30:23.removed from standard template and the presumption should be against
:30:24. > :30:27.their use. That seems to me a range of measures that demonstrate this
:30:28. > :30:31.government was my commitment to allow people in the health service
:30:32. > :30:38.to promote their concerns without fear. Can I ask out the Scottish
:30:39. > :30:50.Government will ensure all sectors of sport are equipped to handle our
:30:51. > :30:55.Jack arrest by participants and spectators? We want everyone to have
:30:56. > :30:58.access to the best possible care as quickly as possible. A substantial
:30:59. > :31:07.investment in heart disease services has reduced problems. We are
:31:08. > :31:12.investing ?100,000 to increase the number of public access to the
:31:13. > :31:15.further delay to is across Scotland which will benefit sports
:31:16. > :31:24.participants as well as the wider community. I thank him for his
:31:25. > :31:33.answer. A campaign aims to have one defibrillator at each of the 300
:31:34. > :31:37.golf course clubs by 2014. In this exciting year for golf in Scotland
:31:38. > :31:40.will the government worked with the campaign to persuade every golf club
:31:41. > :31:46.in Scotland to install such a device? The minister for
:31:47. > :31:54.Commonwealth Games and sport and I are meeting Bernard Gallacher to
:31:55. > :31:59.discuss this campaign. Bernard's own recent experience has highlighted
:32:00. > :32:03.the life-saving potential of public access to defibrillation and I look
:32:04. > :32:14.forward to learning more about the campaign. I welcome that someone
:32:15. > :32:22.would use this to bring forward real benefits to the people of Scotland.
:32:23. > :32:31.There we have it. Coming to the close of questions for the First
:32:32. > :32:35.Minister. At the beginning, of course, as expected, the issue of
:32:36. > :32:39.Standard Life predominant in the questions. The First Minister
:32:40. > :32:43.responding robust play as one would questions. The First Minister
:32:44. > :32:48.expect. Now I will hand you over to the Daily Politics.
:32:49. > :32:51.low income and all kinds of poor outcomes for children. Low
:32:52. > :32:55.educational attainment, poor health, low self-worth and so on. The real
:32:56. > :33:03.problem at the moment is that poorer families are facing ?22 billion of
:33:04. > :33:09.tax cuts and benefits cuts. 60% of those are hitting working and low
:33:10. > :33:14.income families. So now they cannot make those ends meet and it shows in
:33:15. > :33:15.the statistics. 60% of poor children