 Felly, mae gennym gwestiwn yw, Mark Griffin. The Scottish Government has the impact of EU rule changes on capital projects in central Scotland. I advised Parliament last week that the Office of National Statistics is seeking opinion from Euro stat on some points of clarification relating to its July decision about the classification of the Aberdeen Western Purple RdNo project. It is likely to take some weeks. Parallel, the Ffutures Trust has submitted proposals to the ONS in relation to the hub model through which we are delivering a programme of schools and health projects. The ONS is likely to be in a position to respond by late October or November. As a result, I did not expect it to be possible for a number of hub projects in the current pipeline to reach financial close over the coming weeks. SFT will continue to engage closely with project partners to consider the implications for them and the Scottish Government will, of course, keep the position under close review. Thank you, cabinet secretary. For that answer, the Scottish Government approved the merger of Aberonhill High School and Cuminald High School with the following condition on the local authority, and I quote, to provide the Scottish Government and the parent councils of all the schools affected by this proposal, confirmation that funding had been secured for the new school, along with a detailed timetable for development and construction of the new school. Given that part of the confirmed funding for the new Cuminald Academy was provided by the Scottish Government, it was a Government condition of the merger proceeding and that the timetable is now put in doubt due to issues with the Scottish Government funding share, does the cabinet secretary not feel that the Government has a moral obligation to provide conventional capital funding for this particular project? Cabinet secretary? Where I can agree with Mr Griffin is that I think the utilisation of traditional capital funding is a most straightforward route for the development of capital infrastructure. That is why I regret so much the fact that we have had substantial reductions in our capital budget since the 2010 United Kingdom general election, where we are on average operating with about £1 billion less traditional capital expenditure than we had historically. I think that that is a much more reliable way to fund public expenditure. What we have done to mitigate the effect of that has been to move to the NPD and hub models and what we are encountering are the very issues that Mr Griffin fairly raises in his question about the advice on the ESA rules. The Government is working its way through those rules. We are working as diligently as we can with the Scottish Futures Trust to resolve those issues, but they are complex matters that have now been referred by the ONS to Eurostat. I can assure Parliament that I will maintain a very open dialogue with Parliament and with stakeholders about how we resolve those issues. The cabinet secretary has just referred to the AWPR. Does the delay in revising the contract have any impact at all on the start date for any of the sections of the work on the AWPR? To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported uncertainty caused by the transition to the European System of Accounts 2010, on whether it will instruct that work should start immediately on the construction of the new Barhead High School, with the Scottish Government bearing any risks and additional contracts, and with contracts amended as necessary. As I advised Parliament last week and again in my response today to Mark Griffin, I do not expect it to be possible for a number of hub projects in the current pipeline, including Barhead High School, to reach financial close over the coming weeks while necessary engagement with the Office of National Statistics continues. The Scottish Futures Trust will engage closely with all-effective project partners over the coming weeks. The pupils, teachers and parents of Barhead High School are having to cope with a building that is frankly not fit for purpose that is impacting on the future of these young people. I understand the dilemma that the cabinet secretary has and the difficulties caused by the decision, but there is an old phrase, where there is a will, there is a way. I am asking if the cabinet secretary will show some will to say that the Scottish Government would underwrite any additional costs that will come as a result of this and instruct the SFT should engage in getting that work started immediately. I can assure Mr Henry that there is no absence of will on the part of the Government to undertake new school developments, given that over 500 schools have either been refurbished or rebuilt under the Government's term in office. The will is there to take forward those projects. What I have to do is live within the resources that are available to the Scottish Government. If I lived within only the capital allocations that were available to us, a whole range of projects in Scotland would not have taken their course, because we would not have used NPD. That has helped to boost the construction activity within Scotland so much so that, in the past 12 months, there has been a 21 per cent increase in construction activity within Scotland, which has been a fantastic contribution to our economic growth. I can assure Mr Henry that the issue is at the top of my list of priorities to resolve and there is a huge amount of effort being undertaken to try to resolve it as quickly as we possibly can do. I will, of course, advise the Parliament of the progress that we make in that respect. The cabinet secretary told Parliament previously that eight projects were delayed as a result of ESA 10. That did not include Barhead High School, our Lady in St Patrick's High School in my area or Cumbernauld High School that we have heard about just now. They are all clearly caught up in this delay. On the basis of the open dialogue that he just promised, will the cabinet secretary publish the full list of projects that are affected, given that he believes that the delay will be until October or indeed November? I have given comprehensive information to Parliament already in the answers that I gave last week to Parliament. I have also promised Parliament that I will make a full statement once I have more of the information to hand to give Parliament more clarity about the steps that we can take in that respect. The provision of that clarity is not all in my hands, it is largely in the hands of the Office of National Statistics and Eurostat. I reaffirm what I said to Parliament last week that I will come to Parliament and fully update Parliament on the progress of the projects that are affected once we have a clearer sense of the way in which this issue is going to be resolved. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Fife regarding maternity services. Ministers and Government officials regularly meet with representatives of NHS Fife to discuss matters of importance to local people, including maternity services. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. The baby boom in my constituency, I have confirmed one, is clearly caught NHS planners by surprise and at a recent NHS Fife board meeting, Scott McLean, director of acute services, warned that this has added significant pressure to maternity services and that there is a real risk that the safety and effectiveness of the service could be compromised if those pressures are not addressed. Despite this very real risk, NHS Fife has said that it will not review maternity services in Dunfermline until a national review has been completed. Given that we are talking about the safety of mums and babies potentially being compromised unless action is taken swiftly, will the cabinet secretary support my call for an urgent root and branch review of NHS Fife maternity services to ensure that they meet the needs of Dunfermline and West Fife? First of all, I assure the people of Fife that services are safe for their use in NHS Fife. NHS Fife has, as Cara Hylton rightly said, discussed this matter and, of course, are looking to refresh the strategy around maternity services, taking into account the increase in the Fife birth rate that Cara Hylton referred to, but also the outcome of the maternity and neonatal services in Scotland that are under review at the moment, and to consider the views of local service users prior to taking any further action. In the meantime, they are getting on with engaging with the local community on plans to augment antenatal and postnatal services on the Queen Margaret hospital site. They are getting on with that, but I will make sure that NHS Fife is continuing to look at how they develop their maternity services, but it is right and proper that they also look at what the review recommendations are from the maternity and neonatal services review that is taking place nationally. To ask the Scottish Government when the ministerial advisory group on child poverty last met and what matters were discussed. Presiding Officer, the ministerial advisory group on child poverty met with officials on Tuesday of this week and discussed a number of issues related to child poverty in Scotland, including the on-going fairer Scotland conversation and a draft annual report on child poverty, which will be published later this year. The advisory group also held constructive discussions about the future approach to tackling child poverty in Scotland. Clare Adamson, I thank the cabinet secretary for his answer. The cabinet secretary will be aware that the UK Government has abolished child poverty targets and plans to redefine the remit of the social mobility and child poverty commission. Does the cabinet secretary agree that these are retrograde steps designed to mask the fact that the UK Government will be pushing even more children and families into poverty as a result of the austerity-driven policies such as cutting tax credits, cutting employment support allowance, imposing the benefit cap and the benefit freeze? As members will be aware, the Scottish Government does not support the changes currently being proposed to child poverty legislation under the UK Government's welfare reform and work bill. I wrote to Iain Duncan Smith last week, requesting that he amend the bill to repeal all parts of the 2010 act imposing any duty in Scottish ministers, including the duty to appoint a commissioner to the new social mobility commission. Scotland already has in place an innovative measurement framework developed in collaboration with the advisory group and set out in the child poverty strategy for Scotland 2014-17. That addresses the wide range of drivers of poverty as well as the impacts poverty has on the lives of children and their families. We will continue to report against the framework, but we will work with stakeholders to build and improve on it. The advisory group's advice and input on Tuesday was a welcome start to these discussions and will continue to be important as we develop a Scottish approach to tackling child poverty. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to promote emergency life support training in school. As part of the implementation of the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest strategy, the Government is working with stakeholder organisations to develop ideas and initiatives to increase CPR training. I am pleased that the British Heart Foundation has committed to work with all secondary schools in Scotland by 2020 so that they are equipped to teach CPR and public access to privilege awareness. It is also important, as well as learning CPR, that young people know where to locate an AED, also known as a defibrillator. Many communities in Scotland have funders to purchase those AEDs. Can I ask what the Scottish Government is doing to identify the location of all AEDs and ensure that they are all maintained? Given the young people's use of modern technology, will they also work with CrowdSab AEDs who have an app that they can download on your mobile phone that will lead them to the nearest AED? I will certainly look into Rhoda Grant's suggestion. As far as the location issue is concerned, what Minister for Public Health is taking forward to work around that, because it is important to know where the kit is, but it is also important to make sure that those who are nearest to those locations who want to be trained are trained and that the kit is kept in good order. I am happy to keep Rhoda Grant informed of that and give her a bit more detail or I will ask Maureen Watt to do so and write to her with an update. I should also pay tribute to the communities that have fund raised around the issue. It is an important addition to the life-saving services that we have within Scotland. Communities have gone out of their way to make sure that they can develop and add to the number of defibrillators publicly available and I would pay tribute to their actions. Question 6. To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the Scottish Business Development Bank. Good progress has been made in the establishment of a business development bank and we will set out the options for how the bank will operate and attain table for its establishment by the end of this year. As part of the preparations for the establishment of the bank, the programme for government contained a series of new announcements to continue to support SMEs, including launching a new £40 million SME holding fund this autumn to provide investment to SMEs, expanding the provision of specialist financial readiness advice for SMEs and working with our enterprise agency and local authority partners to simplify how SMEs access finance advice and support. Gavin Brown. Presiding Officer, this bank was first announced by the Government well over two years ago, so he has an interesting definition of good progress. Can I ask the cabinet secretary, will the bank be open for business before the dissolution of Parliament? That will be dependent on the announcements that the Government makes towards the end of this year and we will set out all of the detail of that stage. I would have thought that this might have been an opportunity for Mr Brown to welcome the launch of the £40 million SME holding fund that is going to give practical assistance to SMEs in the country and that is part of the preparations for the delivery of the Scottish Business Development Bank. Version 7, Jackson Carlaw. To ask the Scottish Government what the recommended routes are for people travelling in public transport from East Remfershire to the Queen Elizabeth hospital and how long on average it is anticipated those routes should take. Minister, Derek Mackay. Travel line Scotland provides tailored journey planning for anyone travelling to the Queen Elizabeth university hospitals. Travel line information takes account of the individual's point of departure and the time of day when they wish to travel. The information provided to travellers includes available alternatives, along with an estimate of how long any journey will take. In addition, SPT and Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board have a great deal of information on their respective websites and how to get to the new hospital. I thank the minister for that. There has been a breakthrough of sorts in as much as parts of Eastwood where I live, in the umpteenth version of the transport access plan, have finally appeared if only in a series of disembodded boxes in the nether regions of the map. Does he appreciate that the primary concern of many regarding the location of the consolidated Glasgow hospital campus was access to it, and that many in East Remfershire, and despite all the years of talking about an integrated transport pathway, feel utterly overlooked? What more can he insist to be done to offer practical access for patients and visitors alike? Mr Carlaw will be aware that there are a range of options and routes. It's right to say that there is no direct route, but between bus changes and other interchanges it is possible to get there, with times ranging between 40 minutes and I respect over an hour. However, there is a personalised service there to support individual passengers, as well as the patient transport service for patients, and a range of information to support people to make the right public transport connections. To ask the Scottish Government what action has been taken to tackle the shortage in the number of GPs? Under this Government, the number of GPs employed in Scotland has risen by 7 per cent to nearly 5,000, the highest ever on record. We've also increased investment in primary medical services by over £88 million, and there are more GPs per head of population in Scotland than in England. However, I recognise that demand is also increasing, and that's why I've recently announced that over the next three years an additional £50 million will be invested to address immediate workload and recruitment issues, including putting in place long-term sustainable change within primary care. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. I just hope that the cabinet secretary is aware of some of the pressures that local GPs are working under. Last week, one local GP in Rutherglen told me that local GPs were under so much pressure that, as colleagues were ruling out, they were working on the out-of-hours service. With them working under so much pressure and strain, particularly in Rutherglen, Canvas, Langdon, Blanta, can I ask the cabinet secretary what practical measures the Government is taking to support local GPs? As I said to James Kelly in my initial answer, the practical measure that we are taking is a £50 million investment over the next three years. That will do a number of things, addressing immediate workload and recruitment issues. Specifically, the fund will increase the number of medical students choosing to train as GPs. It will encourage those wanting to work in specifically in deprived areas. We will continue with the enhanced returners programme, supporting GPs who wish to return to the profession and develop a programme for local GP leadership and networking. James Kelly can be assured that we are taking all the action that we can in order to address some of the issues that he highlighted. The cabinet secretary mentioned medical students who train in Scotland. Is she aware that 30 per cent of those students currently leave Scotland once they have finished their professional training? Will she look at a requirement that they might stay in Scotland once that training has concluded? Yes, we are looking at all those matters. Thank you. That ends General Questions. Before we move to First Minister's Questions, I am sure that members will wish to join me in welcoming to the gallery his excellent silly Mr Patrick Engelberg, the ambassador of Luxembourg to the United Kingdom. We now move to First Minister's Questions, question one.