 Fy� fazi ddyn nhw'n unig wedi gynmarfodol y cwestiynau plantfa brifys тому. Dyna chi'n gwybod i'ch gweithio ddechrau i ddefnyddio cwestiynau papurau a chlywogol. Ysgôr allan, y ddigon i'n ffordd o cyfraffaeth honno a i gynnig o gyfleidol y dyn征 a ddisgrifennu yn ei ddiechgyrchu a'r ddechrau. Ysgôr llanddaeth ydy'r adnod ddechrau Anjola Constancedon? Ysgôr llanddaeth yn grewlio llan yn gyfraffaethol i'n adnod ddysgu'n gyfraffaethol a the ability to assist sustainable economic growth. But we have consistently opposed policies that encroach on employees' existing rights. The Minister for Energy, Energy, Energy and Tourism wrote to the Government's opposition to these fees in a policy of armed collaboration in June 2013 highlighting that, for many people, fees represent an unaffordable risk, regardless of the strength of the case. We believe that the introduction of such fees could lead to women and young people having an adverse experience in the workplace. Thank you. I thank the cabinet secretary for a response that the TUC have said that women indeed have been amongst the biggest losers a year down the line. Now that we have the data, we see equal pay claims have dropped by 84 per cent and six discrimination cases are down 81 per cent. Now that we're beginning to see the effects of those changes, will the cabinet secretary write to the UK Government again supporting the law society for Scotland's call for a review of this patently unfair fee and remission regime? Yes, I'll be happy to cede to that request. As a Government, we've continually made clear our opposition to fees. I'm very well aware of the position of the TUC and Unison, as well as the Law Society for Scotland, and some very important information published recently by the Citizens Advice Bureau, showing that 7 out of 10 potentially successful cases are not actually being pursued. I wonder if the minister would agree with me that, since the unions are actually paying for those members the fees that we all agree should not be being imposed anyway, would she agree with me that there is a very strong need to encourage every worker in Scotland to join an appropriate trade union to have the defence that they deserve? I understand the point that Mr Simpson is making. Although, of course, it's up to individuals whether or not they join a union, I can certainly advocate the merits to any worker or any employee, the length and breadth of Scotland, of joining a union. That is a prime example of when you may well indeed require a union to support your workplace. To ask the Scottish Government what involvement the Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women's Employment will have in the training programme for the recently announced additional 500 health visitors. The Scottish Government is investing in additional refreshed training for health visitors as part of a wider package of investment in the health visiting workforce, which was announced on 18 June this year, which will ensure the delivery of 500 new health visitors' posts by 2017-18. Health visitors play a vital role in contributing to the health and wellbeing of children and families. The lead responsibility for this work falls within the portfolio of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-being and will be taken forward by him. This welcome investment has potential outcomes across all areas of government, and I will ensure that the areas under my remit fully support it as they already support a wide range of activity in developing the NHS workforce. I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that answer. It is vital that all young people, regardless of background, have an opportunity to develop their skills and find employment that suits them. As the position of health visitor is rightly a highly skilled role, what steps has the Cabinet Secretary taken to ensure that there are appropriate pathways of progression for young people into the profession, especially for those from diverse backgrounds? I think that Ms Baxter makes a very important and valid point, and certainly over the past few years we have developed an increasing range of modern apprenticeship frameworks in both health and social care. The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-being has been a great advocate for the use of those apprenticeships within the health service and has plans for expansion. However, if Ms Baxter has any specific ideas, I would be more than happy to discuss them with her. Cabinet Secretary, can I ask you at what stage the Scottish Government will be able to tell us what the local authority breakdown is of the 500 additional health workers? I will ask Alex Neill, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-being, to provide that information directly to Ms Smith. To ask the Scottish Government what support skills development Scotland provides to the training of women over 25. Skills Development Scotland provides a range of training options to individuals, including women, aged over 25. In each year of the current Parliament, I have asked Skills Development Scotland to deliver 25,000 modern apprenticeships, open to those aged 25 and over in key and enabling sectors, over 17,000 pre-employment training places through the Employability Fund, 7,000 flexible training opportunities to support upskilling in the workplace, and targeted support for low-paid, low-skilled and unapplied individuals through individual learning account programme. In addition to that, through its all-age career services, SDS provides professional advice to individuals, including women, over 25, not only on the training options that manages on the wider education skills offered available through our further and higher education institutions. I thank the minister for that answer, but will she look at the reduction in Skills Development Scotland training support for women over 25, many of whom are forced to seek work once her child becomes five? Does she realise that that has had very negative consequences for the childcare academy at North Edinburgh childcare, which I know that she knows well? That used to provide training for many women over 25 but now has to concentrate on those under 25. I am more than happy to meet Mr Chisholm to discuss the specifics of that, because it would be good to understand the specifics regarding that childcare centre and what is happening locally. However, we have a range of provision provided by Skills Development Scotland that is indeed available to those over 25 years of age, and it should be available to people over 25 years of age. Obviously, provisions such as apprenticeships are, you know, the demand is led by employers, so there are issues about the wider labour market, but I am happy to pick that issue up with Mr Chisholm directly. To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the quarterly increase in employment between March and May 2014 was represented by women. Angela Constance. The women represented 88 per cent. That is 11,000 of the overall 13,000 increase in unemployment over the quarter. It is important to note, however, that female unemployment is down 2,000 over the year. Women's employment is at a record high and there are now more women employed in Scotland than at any point since records began in 1992. With Scotland's economy now back above pre-recession levels and more women are choosing to enter the workforce and beginning to look for employment, moving from economic inactivity and therefore appearing in the numbers. I thank the minister for her answer, but I believe that the importance of those figures is that women are far more vulnerable to job losses, in this case, 88 per cent of them. Is it not the case that the Scottish Government is failing to adequately address this issue? With the UK figures for that period showing a 25,000 reduction in women's unemployment, does it not suggest that the Scottish Government has got its priorities wrong? With respect, Mr Pentland is always interesting when people in his party expect the Scottish Government to have all of the responsibility but only ever have the limited powers. I am more than happy for the Scottish Government to have all the responsibility for employment matters, but that does indeed require a yes vote on 18. It is important to look at labour market statistics in the round. There are, indeed, quarterly variations that are not always pleasing. There are particular issues that make women more vulnerable in the labour market, but if we are to really understand the experience of women in work, we have to look at all the statistics available, and it should be welcomed that record levels of employment and that inactivity is consistently fallen in Scotland. Since the establishment of the Parliament, economic inactivity among women has fallen by 7 per cent, and that has to be welcomed. I think that that would indicate that we are making some progress that is indeed more to be done, because one unemployed Scotland, whether a young person or a woman, is indeed one too many for me, and there is a stream of investment and a stream of work being led by the Scottish Government through the strategic group on women in work and investment and skills in training to do everything that we can within our current powers to get women in this country back to work. However, I would, indeed, like this Parliament to have full economic powers and, of course, control over issues such as jobcentre plus and rectify the failing work programme. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the 120 women who became unemployment each day back into employment. Female employment is now at over £1.2 million. It is its highest level since comparable records began, and we are determined to support those who are moving into the labour market and seeking work as the economy continues to grow. Although employment remains as yet reserved to the UK Government, we know that the challenges women face are complex and we are taking a cross-government approach to supporting them. That includes our investment of more than a quarter of a billion pounds to expand funded, high-quality childcare from August. The implementation of the framework for women's enterprise, which aims to help more women to start their own businesses, funding to encourage more employers to introduce more flexible working patterns and funding to tackle occupational segregation, particularly in science, technology, engineering and maths-related careers. Richard Simpson. I thank the minister for that response, but her response to the previous question of saying that it would all come right with independence now looks a more distant prospect. I think that we need to prepare for the supposition that we will remain part of the United Kingdom. Does the minister share my concern of the 13,000 women who found themselves out of work between March and where 88 per cent of them were women? Can the minister also advise me what steps the Scottish Government is taking to encourage Scottish businesses to work with the many women who want to have a career break in making sure that the opportunity is there to allow them to return to work at the same professional level as when they first took that career break? Of course, Mr Simpson. I am more than entitled to my view and to be a campaigner that advocates for independence. I will stick to my firm belief that Westminster continues to fail women in this country, and we will have to look at welfare reform as one example. It is very interesting that Mr Simpson talks about 122 women, but the increase in the number of women that become economically active and not just the rise in unemployment. We have to recognise that more women are actively seeking work within the labour market and that we have to grasp that. I think that the point that we perhaps could unite on is the issue about flexible working and the issues about people, women who have high skills, high levels of qualification, having a career break to have their children and then returning to work and having to accept work or can only find work where they are effectively underemployed. I can unite with Mr Simpson on that point. Underemployment is a serious issue for women and it is again a stream of work that we are pursuing through the strategic group on women and work and with our constant engagement with employers. If the cabinet secretary is so keen on getting women in Scotland back into work, why has her government presided over 80,000 less women getting into college since her Government took power in 2007? I firmly believe that women in this country should have choices and opportunities about the education that they pursue and indeed about the careers that they pursue. Of course, it is to Ms Marra's shame that she constantly blisters the information and the facts about college education because the reality is that women are not underrepresented in college education and, although she may shout from her surgery position and, as usual, try to compare apples with pears, the harsh reality is that the facts are that the only comparable measure is full-time equivalence. The Government has met its manifesto commitments to retain full-time equivalence. At 116,000. College reform is, indeed, very important in terms of upskilling and helping to respond to the needs of the local labour market, but the reality is that women are not underrepresented in the college sector and our college sector is well up for the challenge in preparing young people and women towards their journey into work. To ask the Scottish Government what employment opportunities have been created through the Youth Employment Scotland scheme. The Youth Employment Scotland Fund aims to help businesses with a threshold of 400 employees, social enterprises and third sector employers to create 10,000 job opportunities for young people across Scotland. Can the minister provide the chamber with further information on how the success has benefitted local communities such as, in my constituency of Glasgow, Annie's land? The Youth Employment Scotland Fund has been very successful and has funded a wide range of sustainable employment opportunities, jobs for young people in a variety of sectors, whether it is retail, agriculture, tourism, catering, even in the equine industry, events, co-ordinators, trainee, paralegals and solicitors offices right across Scotland, and our ambition and our confidence in reaching our target of 10,000 opportunities. That is a very valuable scheme that is part of a range of schemes that are having a positive impact on young people in this country. I have a brief supplementary, Tavi Scott, please. I probably agree with the cabinet secretary's analysis of the scheme. Has she made any decision yet on continued funding for it, given that it is due to run out in December? The organisers in Shetland tell me that it would help in their planning where the Government is able to make an announcement about the future. Will she also be able to clarify the position with regard to the SDS certificate of work readiness, as that is seen as a very valuable tool for young people in furthering their passage into work? Is she able to clarify whether that might be included in an enhanced scheme for the future? Just to clarify to Mr Scott that the Youth Employment Scotland fund does not end in December. It is a scheme that goes across two financial years and will continue until the end of this financial year. We are currently undertaking a review of the youth employment strategy and will be taking a very careful look, particularly in light of the recommendations from the Young Workforce Commission about the future role of wage subsidies. Indeed, the certificate of work readiness has been very successful, and we will be continuing with that. To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the UK Government about equalising the minimum wage, regardless of age, given the impact on youth employment. Cabinet Secretary? The Scottish Government believes that work should be fairly rewarded. With independence, we would ensure that the minimum wage rises by at least inflation and establish a fair work commission, which, along with assessing the minimum wage, would also be asked to consider the appropriate minimum wage for both young people and apprentices. The Low Pay Commission called for evidence for the 2015 minimum wage rate as specifically for information on the minimum wage for young people, and the Scottish Government welcomes views on that issue prior to submitting our response. In response to the call for evidence in 2014, the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism raised the importance of the national minimum wage for apprentices and called for it to be continuously assessed to ensure that it keeps pace with rising costs raised by our young workforce. Why doesn't the minister support using the powers? I thank the minister for that response, which sounded like we've made no representations. Could I encourage you to make representations? In 1998, when the UK Government made the national minimum wage law in order to make sure that employees in the UK are provided with decent minimum standards and fairness and work, any discrimination, including age discrimination, is unwelcome. I encourage you to make those representations, and I encourage a commitment to eradicating them in an independent Scotland. I will encourage Mr Finnie to look back at the official record after today's session, but I say to him that, in principle, people should get the same rate of pay if they are doing the same job. That is an important principle. I believe in an independent Scotland that Mr Finnie and I will be on the same side. The Fair Work Commission will have a very important role. I am on record as supporting the Scottish Youth Parliament and its One Fair Wage campaign. While I recognise that employers expect to pay people in training a different rate to those employees who are time-served or fully qualified, we have got a lot to learn from the European experience. In some European countries, those differentials are not too great. In other European countries, those differentials are quite stark. I believe very firmly that people should get the same rate of pay for the same job. Why does the minister not use the powers that she has at the moment and support, for example, the increase to the living wage, especially through the procurement process? As Mr Finnie well knows, this Government, unlike the previous Labour Scottish Executive, has led by example on the living wage and has done everything. Everything within our powers within current EU rules. I would have hoped that Mr Finnie would have had the grace to recognise that statutory guidance addressing issues such as terms, conditions and pay is a very important step forward. However, I want to make a bigger step forward and have a fair work commission, because the big scandal is that since 2008 the national minimum wage has not kept a pace with the cost of living. That happened under Mr Finnie's watch and not the watch of this Government. I believe firmly that this Parliament should have the economic powers to be addressing issues such as low pay and work poverty. Thank you very much. We are now moving on to questions on common-world games, sports, equalities and pensioners rights. Question number one is due to Max Rail. Thank you, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government what legacy is anticipated from the Commonwealth Games. Cabinet Secretary, Shona Robison, please. Can I first of all recognise Stuart Matzwell's role in helping to secure the bid in 2007 and taking through the first two years of planning the games? First, I'm sure everyone will agree that those games were a spectacular sporting success and fantastic for both Glasgow and Scotland's international reputation. It's an endorsement to all partners that a legacy from those games was in place before they even began. Planning started early. There are now over 50 national programmes and over 80 sporting projects in place, and people are benefiting now. Focusing on sport alone, there has been a massive investment in school sport and sport facilities across Scotland, which will leave a lasting legacy from the games. Thank you, Stuart Matzwell. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer, in particular our kind words about my own role during surrounding the bidding process and the early years of planning. It was a pleasure and privilege to be involved at that stage. I add my thanks and congratulations to all our athletes, officials and volunteers who were involved in the very successful Glasgow Commonwealth Games. What steps does the Scottish Government take to achieve a lasting health benefit for the people of Scotland and a concomitant saving in health spending by encouraging all Scots to take up some moderate physical activity as a lasting legacy from the highly successful Glasgow Commonwealth Games? Cabinet secretary, I thank Stuart Matzwell for his remarks, particularly how fantastic are our athletes and that the rest of the team in delivering those games were. In order to help to achieve a lasting health benefit, a 10-year physical activity implementation plan to tackle physical inactivity in Scotland was launched in February of this year, and that provides the framework for delivering the active legacy ambitions from the Commonwealth Games. In addition, it may be aware that the walking strategy was launched in June of this year, which encompasses a wide range of walking settings, including recreational and school-based. In addition to that, the updated cycling action plan sets out our vision to improve the number of everyday journeys that are taken in Scotland by bike. Finally, to support this work, we have invested almost £3 million in physical activity projects aimed at those groups who are at the moment not taking part in physical activity, and we hope to see the results of that over the course of the time. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to build on the success of the Commonwealth Games. The Scottish Government remains committee to working together to secure a legacy foot for Scotland, with the excitement of those fantastic games still reverberating throughout the nation. The focus now is to build on the legacy that is already achieved. People across Scotland are already benefiting. For example, Scottish-based businesses won 69 per cent of contracts associated with the Games. 1900 young people are already being trained under the £5 million young persons fund. 133 community sports hubs are already operating across the country, complemented by 109 projects so far enjoying funding from the active places fund, and more than a quarter of a million school pupils are involved in Game on Scotland. Cabinet Secretary, yesterday, in your statement, you mentioned the fantastic work carried out by the many thousands of volunteers during the Commonwealth Games. Can I ask if the Scottish Government has any plans to harness the sexual initiative for future volunteering events? Yes, we do. It is absolutely essential that we harness the passion of the nearly 51,000 individuals who applied to become Clyde-siders. Details of Clyde-sider applicants who gave their permission, successful and unsuccessful, are currently being transferred to the National Volunteer Scotland database, allowing them to stay informed about future volunteering opportunities. On 5 December, last year, Volunteer Scotland unveiled its newly redesignated volunteer website, providing a user-friendly way of finding such opportunities. We will continue to work with Volunteer Scotland and other legacy partners to ensure that those opportunities are varied and exciting. I apologise, Presiding Officer, for being late into the chamber. I must admit that I got caught up in other things and I forgot. I sincerely apologise for that. To ask the Scottish Government whether there will be a notable Commonwealth Games legacy to the more remote areas of the country. The Scottish Government is committed to creating a lasting legacy and maximising the benefits for the whole of Scotland from hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Local authorities have played an important role in spreading the legacy benefits, the length and breadth of the country. The Solace Legacy Leads Network from local authorities provides a platform for promoting opportunities, co-ordinating activity and working together to secure a legacy that we can all be proud of. I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer. She is aware, I know, of the Lochaber Sports Association plans to develop a training facility and the great work that they have done in Lochaber to get all of the sports clubs and others on board in relation to that. I wonder if she has any further information for me in relation to the grants that might be available from Sports Scotland and so on in relation to that. Since we met to discuss the Lochaber Sports Association's plans for an indoor training facility, officials from Sports Scotland have met a number of key stakeholders to explore ways of ensuring that the association's plans can be realised. That includes the involvement of High Life Highland in operating the facility, which should remove a significant barrier to delivering the project. I understand that the association is in the process of raising funds for the planning application, which will be submitted by Kilmallee Community Council on its behalf. As you are aware, that is a crucial step in the process. Once approved, we will then allow funding bodies to consider applications that are before them. I will take supplementaries on this question, but the questions and answers must be brief. I am sure that the member should be aware that there are already a number of legacy projects operating in Dundee community sports hubs, for example, six under way across the city. Successful active places funds have helped to supplement the local sporting offer. Of course, the regional performance centre discussions are well under way. I am sure that Jenny Marra would be able to receive an update on those discussions if she chose to ask. However, they are well under way, very much supported by the local sporting organisations, and that will be a great asset to taking forward sport in the city. I am not convinced in days of the more remote area of the country, however. I qualify on that one. Would the cabinet secretary accept the arguments about transport costs being a major part of the legacy for the Commonwealth Games? Would she agree to meet a delegation of parents, coaches and volunteers from Shetland in the autumn, once the Parliament returns, to discuss the vital aspect of making sure that our athletes can compete with the best across Scotland? I will take the opportunity to once again congratulate Erie Davies, who is such a great ambassador for Shetland. I am sure that the whole of Shetland will turn out for her return to the islands. That issue is an issue that has been raised by local authority colleagues. We are working with COSLA on the working group on sport to address the number of issues. That is one that was raised. We are looking at how we can better support people who are requiring to travel from more remote communities to compete. I am happy to keep Tavish Scott updated about that, and of course I would be happy to meet any local delegation that he wants to arrange to meet with me. I urge brevity and questions and answers. We might make a bit more progress. Question 4, Stuart Stevenson. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the assertion of the international business times about an independent Scotland's participation in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Cabinet Secretary. Scotland is already a member of the Commonwealth through the UK and so already meets essential requirements following a vote for independence. The Scottish Government will initiate steps to ensure that Scotland's distinct membership as swiftly as possible. Scotland is one of only six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games and I look forward to seeing Scotland compete at the Gold Coast in 2018 and in every future Games. Thank you, Stuart Stevenson. I hope to join the successful team by competing in 2018, but more realistically, does the cabinet secretary think that we have laid the foundations for an even bigger success in 2018 using the powers of independence? We already have a fantastic world-class sporting system through the Institute as part of Sports Scotland, which has seen the £50 million investment in that performance over the last funding period. That has led to the fantastic performance of 53 medals, 19 gold at the Commonwealth Games. That will be a tough target to exceed in the Gold Coast in 2018, but I am sure that, through the continued support of our elite athletes, which will continue post-independence, our athletes will continue to excel on the world sporting stage. To ask the Scottish Government whether pensioners in an independent Scotland would be guaranteed their state pension and whether they would be paid at the same rate as in the rest of the UK. In the event of independent Scottish pensioners, we will continue to receive their state pensions as now on time and in full. This Scottish Government has committed to protecting the value of state pensions, and we will upgrade state pensions by the triple lock for the first term of an independent Scottish Parliament. Scotland is in a strong position to afford a high-quality pension system. Total expenditure on social protection, which covers pensions and broader welfare spending, has been lowered in Scotland and in the UK over the last five years. Thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. The UK state pension is the lowest in the European Union at only 33 per cent of the average wage, or £113 per week, compared with the average European state pension of 41 per cent of average earnings. What steps would an independent Scotland take to tackle pensioner poverty? Scotland's future set out that an independent Scotland's savings credit would retain savings credit, which is being abolished for new pensioners in the UK from 2016 as an extra payment for those who have set aside money for their retirement and particularly helps poorer pensioners. In addition, we have committed to upgrading guarantee credit each year by the triple lock. Guarantee credit ensures a minimum income guarantee in retirement and again supports poorer pensioners. Both these steps provide a level of security in relation to state pensions, which under current plans will not be available in the UK from 2016. The UK Government has committed to setting the single-tier pension due to being introduced from 2016 for new pensioners at £160 per week. The UK Government has yet to commit to such a level. If Alex Salmond has to resort to plan B, C, D or E, can the cabinet secretary tell us what currency pensions will be paid in? We will just stick to plan A and pay our pensioners in pounds, as they do at the moment. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent comments by the cabinet secretary with responsibility for pensioners' rights, whether it will roll out an increase in state pension age to 67 if Scotland decides to separate from the rest of the UK? Independence would give future Scottish Government the ability to develop a fairer pension system for Scottish citizens, one that is based firmly on our needs and circumstances. If we form the first Government of an independent Scotland, we will establish an independent commission to consider a state pension age that is aligned to Scottish needs and circumstances, taking into account life expectancy, fairness and affordability. That will report within the first two years of an independent Scotland. As I indicated to the member in a similar question in May of this year, this Government reserves judgment on the rapid increase in state pension age to 67, as planned by the UK Government and supported by its party. The commission could make a recommendation for any one of a number of ages. Will the cabinet secretary take this opportunity to guarantee that, if Scotland separates from the UK, that there will be no increase in the pension age to 67? If not, why not? Cabinet Secretary? Well, because we would set up an independent commission to consider a state pension age that is aligned to Scottish needs and circumstances, why would we do that if we had predetermined the outcome of that commission? As I repeated to him in my first answer, we will set up the commission to look at all those circumstances, particularly Scottish circumstances and, importantly, life expectancy, fairness and affordability. That will report within the first two years of an independent Scotland. That Government will then take a judgment in terms of what that report tells us. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers that an independent Scotland would continue to receive UK sport funding, given that UK sport does not fund sporting activity in other countries. UK sport is funded by the UK Government through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and currently Scottish athletes who are identified to compete for team GB. Paralympics GB is supported through the UK sport's world-class performance programme. Following a yes vote in the referendum, we will enter negotiations with the UK Government on many issues, including the transfer of resources. It is only appropriate that, as a function currently performed by UK sport, we transfer to Scotland that we seek an appropriate transfer of resources and assets of that organisation. It will then be for this Parliament of an independent Scotland to decide how best to generate and deploy that resource to the benefit of Scottish sport in future, but it will guarantee and ensure that our elite athletes continue to receive the support that they require to perform well on the international sporting stage. That is reassuring to know that the cabinet secretary feels that there will be enough money in an independent Scotland to maintain elite athletes funding at the level that it currently is, because I do not think that there is a lot of people. I do not think that there is a lot of people or athletes in the country that would agree with that, because UK sport funding criteria is that athletes who are not British nationals are not eligible for that UK sport funding. The national lottery does not fund elite sport outside the UK, so how does she think that she will have enough money? Cabinet secretary. Well, because the bit Jenny Marra actually failed to mention was that Scottish taxpayers actually contribute to UK sport funding and to the lottery funding. It is only right and proper that UK sport, which is currently funded partially by Scottish taxpayers, that resource remains in Scotland to fund elite athletes. Of course, the lottery resource, likewise, we would want to continue, given that Scottish taxpayers contribute to that lottery. I should also say that the fantastic performance of our Commonwealth Games athletes was done entirely through the Institute of Sport in Sport Scotland resource. What we would do with the funding entitled to UK sport, which at the moment UK sport has £350 million worth of resource, we would be entitled to our share of that because we pay into that. Therefore, we would use our share of UK sport funding to supplement the resource to elite athletes. Elite athletes have nothing to fear, and we would support them in a way that will enable them to perform on the world stage in the excellent way that they can currently do at the moment. I am going to call question number eight, but I need brief questions and brief answers. Please, Patrick Harvie. Thank you. Can I ask the Scottish Government what legacy it expects to see from Pride house at the Commonwealth Games? Cabinet secretary. The Scottish Government believes that Pride house, the first at any Commonwealth Games, has increased the visibility, inclusion and participation of lesbians who are gay by sexual transgender and intersects people not only in sport but in society more generally. Human rights campaigners have commented that one of the legacies of Glasgow 2014 will be focusing attention on the homophobic legislation of 80 per cent of countries in the Commonwealth. On Friday 1 August, the Ugandan constitutional court annulled the anti-homosexuality act, which was strongly criticised by this Government. We welcome this development. Patrick Harvie. I am very grateful to the Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and Glasgow 2014 for the support that they have given to Pride house. One of the things that it has reminded the LGBTI community in Glasgow is the importance of a non-commercial community space in the city. It is years since we have had one. Will the minister, with her equalities remit, make contact again with the organisers to explore what support the Government and the City Council could do to realise the ambition of achieving a permanent community space, which will indeed help to foster the links with human rights activists around the world, as well as local priorities to... Briefly, please. I am certainly happy to look at that. Obviously it would have to be something that was sustainable and could be taken forward in that way, but I am certainly happy to have further discussions with the organisations and Glasgow City Council and looking whether that is feasible. Many thanks. That concludes question time. I will now move to the next item of business, which is a debate on motion number 10724 in the name of Keith Brown on trident. We are tight for time this afternoon.