Chamber and committees

I am looking round the table, and it looks as though you are okay to move on to your next question.

Okay. I understand.

Before I bring in Mark Ruskell, cabinet secretary, you said that you had provided additional funding. Can you clarify whether it is a separate budget line? Is it ring fenced? Can we as a committee identify it?

Thank you very much for that. There are quite a few questions from members of the committee. Jackie Dunbar will start.

That was a very diplomatic answer. I think that Jackie Dunbar has a question.

No. I think that Mark Ruskell is going to come in now. After that, I will come back to you, if I may.

Maybe the non-Euro 6 buses are getting pushed out to the rural routes instead of staying within LEZs.

I have another, very straightforward question. If a constituent or anyone in Scotland has to use a non-Euro 6 car to travel to a hospital in an LEZ, will they have to pay?

I am sorry, Vincent—I did not hear your answer there.

If there are no further questions, I have a few on LEZs. I think that you said that there would be “penalties” for entering an LEZ. I understand the importance of LEZs, and I lived through the legislative process that led to the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019. However, councils told us that the money that LEZs will raise will be used purely to enforce the system. It was not suggested that any additional income would be made. Therefore, how will the Government help people in rural areas travel into LEZs where there is not sufficient public transport, whether by bus or rail? Do you have any plans to do that? That will be important.

That would be helpful.

I am just looking around to see whether members have any more questions. Monica Lennon, did you want to come back in?