Look what came in the mail. I bought this purely for scientific purposes. The Pat McGrath Labs mini eyeshadow palette in Midnight Voyage I already have a video on this palette I will link it down below because I have five of the six shades From her mothership palette check that video out or you can just stay here because we're gonna get into the nitty gritty with this palette So I purchased this online at Sephora comm. It was twenty at nine Dollars Pam got has never come out with a mini eye shadow in this style. She's come out with smaller palettes But this is the first one where I was like, hmm It looks like a tiny little ABH Norvina palette if you know what I'm talking about But I just really wanted to see what sizes so so this is what the packaging is gonna come in no loose gold glitter anymore We've graduated from that. Thank you Pat And you have the ingredients and whatnot on the back made in Italy 18 month shelf life Oh, I'm happy that it's made in Italy That's awesome because Italy tends to be where she sources her best formulas from if you're wondering So like I said, it is twenty nine dollars It is a limited edition and I think this is a great way to try Pat McGrath quality without breaking the bank all at once Because her full size palettes are like almost a hundred and thirty dollars, which I know not a lot of us are willing to Spend her money on that so twenty nine dollars hurts the wallet a lot less so on Sephora They say this is a mini mirrored eyeshadow compact inspired by Pat's most loved shades and textures So what she means the way that is there are five repeat shades in here Okay, let's open this up now on what I was also curious about is I'm gonna swatch these side by side With the actual mothership shades just to see if there is a decrease in quality because listen Some of these brands are sketchy I've noticed some sketchy things when they have repeat shades the only thing that I could think that would make them feel Different would be the age of my mothership palettes that they are not fresh So in all rights if anything this should be creamier if they're not the exact same formula But let's go over the size of this you guys have been sending me pictures So I'm not surprised at how tiny this is. This is so tiny.    It's crazy to think about that. There's six shades in here I haven't even opened it. It feels a little cheap. It doesn't feel high-quality The ABH Norvina palettes feel a little bit more sturdy this. I don't know. Can you hear this?  It just doesn't feel well oiled It's fine, but it looks nicer than it feels and then on the back here I like that she gives you all of the shades and all that and as you can see This is in fact all together three grams of product in point one zero ounces It's just a snap closure not magnetic or anything. You do have a mirror, which is nice, but plastic thing you just flew by Oh my gosh, how cute is this? This is so cute. Honestly, this is probably not worth $29, but it is so cute Mini makeup. I love mini makeup. It excites me. I would love to pay less for less product So even if it's technically a bad value as long as it doesn't hurt my wallet because I'm not going through any product Anyways, this looks promising. Okay. I'm gonna swatch the shades three of the six shades are actually In the mothership bronze seduction literally like these three shades right here are the exact placement Yeah, they're the same. Oh my gosh. Look how cute It's compared to the giant size in the mothership palettes. Okay, I'm gonna start off by swatching the first three shades One Two and if you know me, you know, I hate this shadow Okay, they feel okay one The question is is this a better matte than what is in my bronze seduction palette? Let's find out I would say they feel about the same by touch Okay, let's test this purple They look the same Oh my gosh, they are the exact same and they feel the exact same. I'd argue that this feels a little softer I think maybe my aubergine in bronze seduction is a dud or something I mean, it still seems patchy, but it's not worse quality, which is good. Okay. Hmm. I just noticed something really really weird Let me swatch Alegonza first, which is one of my all-time favorite shades from patmograph. Yes. Give it to me Hmm same formula. I can tell you now from the divine rose two Yeah Twins awesome. They feel the same. They look the same and then let me do the last new shade Which is this one here night creature. It looks like this There are no blitz astral shades in this little palette So keep that in mind, but there still is really nice formulas in here Then i'm getting this from my subversive palette. Yeah data same So same quality same everything phenomenal. So that myth has been busted So that leaves us with the new shade right here and here is What i'm unsure about so on the swatches online at the sephora website It says that the name of the new shade is bronze venus And then here it says that the name is sunset bronze like literally look number three Sunset bronze if you go into the about the product on the sephora Website sunset bronze is the name and not bronze venus. No, okay It says in the what else you need to know that says the debut shade debut metallic is bronze venus And then it says the palette contains Sunset bronze and then on both this packaging and this packaging sunset bronze So there's a type of why the way so whatever the heck this shade's name is It's a new metallic shade and it does not look like it does in the photo So here you go. This is what it looks like. It looks way more orange and glittering the photo I thought it matched up with a patrick tall shade. It definitely does not This is not a unique shade. It's a warm chocolate shimmer So this debut shade isn't that special, but it still is gorgeous and it feels really creamy all in all I am very happy about this. This is great pat macrath quality already So let's put it on the eyes Here's a look that I did with this palette If you want to see another look that you can do with this palette Check out the video that I already did on these shades I use all of the shades except for the new one obviously and it was a gorgeous look as well But my main thing today was to use this shade. So starting off with an ism v 34 I'm going into the mid tone brown shade and I do have the jack lane cosmetics eye primer on by the way And I am going to just blend this all over the crease and I'm also going to blend that Along the lower lash line as well Just like that Beautiful blend with an ism g 27. I'm going into the highlight shade I'm just going to pop that underneath my brow bone and a little bit in my inner corner Isn't that shade so pretty you can get such a pretty look with just this brown and then this gold all over the crease And here's what I'm shocked about. I'm going into apper dream and this shade I always have trouble blending with when I use it from my bronze seduction palette I mean, I'm only using it in small little places on my eyes So this might be why but I feel like this blends a little easier So that's a really good sign and even if it doesn't it still is no different than the one in my full size bronze seduction palette But I think this one might be a little better I'm gonna have to use it a few more times to fully decide that but it's not as Patchy or hard to blend out. I feel like maybe it's in my head. Oh wait, maybe it's getting a little patchy That maybe this is just not Not a good purple shade. Maybe anyways, you can see I did a halo eyes So I'm keeping it on the inner and outer corner the day that I'm filming this I'm going to a MGK concert today this evening I was planning to take this off and redo my makeup But this might be good for that concert We'll see how it looks because I need to go on a walk too and my makeup might get ruined out there Okay Next up I'm going with a refer number two brush and we're going into the new shade whatever its name is And I find that when I apply this with the brush, it is really beautiful I feel like it doesn't have as opaque of a base as I would like it's really reflective But it almost isn't sticking beautifully to the eyelid. It's fine. This is me being extra picky because I know, you know, what pavagrat is capable of it's a really beautiful shade I'm not saying it's not good quality But you do have to layer it a couple times if you want a strong base But you can get a softer base with it as well And that's a really gorgeous shade and I love the way that it pairs with the aubergine color I think it looks really nighttime smoky and grungy. So I do like this shade It's a bit odd to me that this is the one new shade and nothing about it really screams unique to me It is pretty and that's it for the look Let me put on liner lashes blush and all of that and I will be back to give you my final thoughts Here's the final look with lashes I just did a simple eyeliner and then I'm wearing milani flora eyelashes Everything that I'm wearing on the lips cheeks face will be in the description box But I wanted to share at least a dupe with you for the new shade from the pat macrath palette And it was so easy to find literally the first palette I pulled out like they're almost similar So I'm going to get some of the new shade from the pat macrath palette It's going to be the top swatch if you're a pat macrath fan. There's a high chance. You're also an itasha Denona fan. So from the bronze palette, I thought gloming right here is kind of close so Right pretty close. It's a little bit more bronze Whereas the pat macrath has a little bit more pink But they're going to give you the same effect and they both have a similar pink to orange shift as well So just thought I'd share that in case you are a pat macrath collector So you're not buying this since there's only one new shade If you have the bronze palette gloming is a similar shade. So to close this out, I'm very very happy with this palette Yes, it is very very tiny So probably value-wise isn't the best But I feel like this is a great way just to try the pat macrath formula without breaking the bank out once Or if you're like me, I don't travel with my mothership palettes. They're too expensive and they're too heavy This is a great way to get very pretty shades from pat macrath. These are all shades that I would wear regularly In one palette it even contains one of my all-time favorite shades from pat macrath and tones that coordinate really well with each other So just keep in mind you aren't getting the luxury experience with this and yes, she's a little pea size But I think I like that about this So overall, I'm just happy that the quality in here is consistent and it's just so cute The looks I've created so far are really beautiful as well. So anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this video I'm found it helpful. Let me know if you're planning on picking this little cutie up I hope she comes out with more. I heard that there is a second one that will also be coming out like this So I'm excited to see if there is any repeats and stuff like that So I hope you guys enjoyed this video and you found it helpful Thank you so much for liking this video and being subscribed to my channel And I will catch you guys in the next one. Bye guys. Have a good one


Hey everybody! Welcome to the Wallach Way! I'm Jessica and today's video is going to be a Scholastic book haul. So a few weeks ago I was looking for books for our third grade year. I don't necessarily assign books but I try to have a good selection of books for her to be able to read because I like to make sure she has tons of different things and different genres to read from. So I got on Scholastic and I wasn't really sure what I was going to find but one of those like banner ads popped up and it said 50 books for $50 and they had where you could buy 50 books that were for a specific grade level. So I bought 50 books for $50 on the third grade level. So this is a box of third grade books and I'm going to share them with you. Now you don't really know what you're getting. It's kind of like a surprise box. They do show you like six different options or six different books that you might get but none of it's guaranteed. So you're really not sure what you're going to get. So you're kind of taking a chance but at a dollar a book I figured that was a pretty good chance to take. Also I do want to say if you don't know because this was part of the teacher portion of Scholastic you can sign up for a teacher Scholastic website account whatever as a homeschooler. Now I think my application got caught in limbo and I'm pretty sure I had to call them because it's like this weird limbo place because there's not a way for them to verify with your school email but as soon as you call them they'll let you write in and then you can shop as a teacher on Scholastic. So if you are a homeschooler and you haven't done that make sure you do that because there are a ton of really great deals over there you're not going to want to miss. Okay well let's get into the books. So again this was a third grade box. I have no clue what was in here. If the shoe fits L. Ray Jake is Magic Calendar Mystery September sneakers, chocolate fever, Marvin Redpost class president, Junie B. Jones has a peep in her pocket, Magic Treehouse High Tide Hawaii. Now obviously you guys know I own all of the Magic Treehouse and all of them are limitions so make sure you stay tuned to the end of this video. Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets, Calendar Mysteries November Night, Dear Mr. Hinshaw, Rainbow Fairies The Amethyst Fairy, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, the Bailey School Kid Snow Monsters Do Drink Hot Chocolate, Frendle, Coyah Delaney and the Good Girl Business. Sorry Good Girl Blues.  Merlin Mission Leprechaun in Late Winter, Sky The Blue Fairy and this is the Rainbow Magic Series Ready Freddy, Ready Set Snow, A to Z Mysteries White House White Out, Merlin Mission Moonlight of the Magic Flute, A to Z Mysteries the Vampire Vacation, Calendar Mysteries October Over, Fantastic Fidget Spinners. So this one has everything you need to know plus amazing hacks and tips and tricks and it is full of different fidget spinner tips and tricks. 100 Ho Ho Holiday Jokes, A to Z Mysteries the Falcon Feathers, Junie B. Jones is almost a flower girl, Bad Pets on the Loose and it says True Tales of Misbehaving Animals which Emily has already decided that this is the one she's reading first. The Adventures of Captain Underpants, Black Lagoon Adventures, The Talent Show of the Black Lagoon, Black Lagoon Adventures, Class Election of the Black Lagoon, The Secrets of Drune, Journey to the Volcano Palace, Magic School Bus Chapter Book, The Giant Germ, Judy Moody was in a mood, A to Z Mysteries the Haunted House, Molly's Pilgrims, Sorry Molly's Pilgrims, not plural. Magic Treehouse Goodnight Gorillas, The Dog Who Saved Christmas, Calendar Mysteries, New Year's Eve Thieves, Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake, A to Z Mysteries the Jaguars Jewel, According to Humphrey, Winter, The Star Fisher, Magic School Bus Chapter Book, The Case, let's see, The Search for the Missing Bones, Magic School Bus Chapter Book, Amazing Magnetism, Puppy Place, Scout, The Magic School Bus Chapter Book, The Shark Escape, The Great Shark Escape, Judy Bloom, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Investigating Ecology, Living Together, How Things Interact, Investigate Sound, Hear This, and I was probably the most excited that this one was in there, the camp, let's see, the camping trip that changed America. So we had actually borrowed the hardback copy of this from our library for our morning basket a few months ago, and I was just about to buy it as we were going to be starting traveling the parks, and I was like, oh look it's in our book, book box. Anyway, so I was the most excited for this of all of them. And now the part you've all been waiting for, the giveaway because I know you guys know me and you knew it was coming. So there was four books that we already own in the box, two Magic Treehouse books, and two Merlin Mission books. These are the books used for Passport to Adventures. These are the books used for Passport to More Adventures. So I am going to have a double giveaway today, and it is going to be big. I'm going to give away one copy of Passport to Adventures with these two books to get you started, and one copy of Passport to More Adventures with these two books to get you started. All you have to do to enter to win is like this video and leave me a comment down below and let me know whether you would like to win Passport to Adventures or Passport to More Adventures. And I will leave a link up here for you guys for both of the look-throughs of them so that you can look through both curriculum and see what you think is better for your family and then come back and let me know which one you want to win.


Good morning. Welcome to CMC Markets on Friday the 28th of October and this look at the week ahead beginning the 31st of October with me Michael Houston and by and large It's been a fairly positive week for equity markets or certainly a positive first Three-quarters of the week. We are down currently on the day as I record this video But ultimately, I think one of the main reasons that we have seen Slightly more resilient tone to equity markets this week has been The fact that yields have come down they've come down Significantly despite the fact that we have seen fairly disappointing earnings numbers, you know, and I think that's That's the circle or I think some in markets are struggling To square because we've had earnings and guidance misses from the likes of alphabet Microsoft Facebook owner meta platforms face planted This week as its reality labs division continued to hemorrhage cash certainly giving Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a reality check or his reality labs experiment Amazon concern as far as Amazon's concerned We look quite likely to open Significantly lower there the stock face planted after hours After guiding low on its pre Christmas Q4 numbers. It also missed expectations on Q3 net sales. So what we've seen this week is Fairly positive tone to the likes of the FTSE 100 the DAX, but the NASDAQ has really really Has has struggled quite a bit as we can see From this chart here, even though we did see a very positive first part of the week Yesterday, we saw a big big decline on the back of disappointment over some of those earnings numbers. So I think what's happening now is that the decline in yields and nowhere is that better illustrated Then in this UK guilt yields chart Which is seen a significant decline On the back of a slightly more benign Fiscal outlook for the UK economy the budget has been pushed back from This coming Monday the 31st of October to the 17th of November There was nary a murmur on guilt markets as a result of that certainly I think the fact that The Bank of England and the UK Treasury appeared to be singing from the same hymn sheet has appeared to settle things down And while it does slightly complicate the Bank of England's Deliberations as we look ahead to next week when it comes to a rate rise I think one thing has come out of it or what has come out of it this week has been a Perception perhaps and this this is just a perception that some central banks are becoming an awful lot more cautious about the growth outlook and Slowing down the pace of their rate rises earlier this month. We saw the RBA Go by a much lower than expected rate rise of 25 basis points And then on Wednesday the Bank of Canada followed suit Everyone was well most people were expecting a 75 basis point rate hike We got 50 and then we had the European Central Bank raise rates as expected by 75 basis points, but the decision was not unanimous and There was also the fact that the ECB didn't pre-commit to do another 75 basis points in December which suggests that Concerns about a slowing economy are now starting to get factored in To calculations when it comes to future rate rises sort brings me to the question as to why The US dollar has weakened this week and obviously that has helped overall risk appetite One of the reasons the dollar has weakened this week despite the fact that we are probably going to get a 75 basis point rate hike from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday is that there appears to be some discussion about slowing the pace of US rate rises now if you dial your mind back a little bit to September Fed chair J. Pearl indicated that the FOMC were Strongly committed to driving inflation lower while signaling that more rate rises were on the way Power went on to say there was no painless way to drive inflation lower With the prospect that we could we'll see Another hundred basis points by the end of this year at the bare minimum Now some of the data that we've seen come out of the US since that statement Suggested that we might get 75 basis points in November and potentially 75 basis points in December and that spoke the markets a little bit, but I think the discussion about 75 in December is starting to become slightly more nuanced even though As recently as last week Neil Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed Said that he saw a little sign of the need for a pause or a pivot at this point Commenting back in October that the Fed would be in no position to slow down the pace of rate rises if inflation was still rising Well while that may be true on the core level on the headline level Inflation does appear to be showing signs of moderating There's also the fact that There was some chatter that some Fed officials will be coming uneasy at the pace of the current rate hiking cycle thus far Apart from Fed vice-chair Leo brain it there's been precious little articulation of that until last Friday When San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly Said that after November the time could be ripe for talk about stepping down the pace of rate hikes So that I think that comment last Friday from Mary Daly suggested The there could be an early discussion that while the Fed is not likely to pause or pivot rather than going for 75 in December they could go for a lower Rate hike and that's good and markets have latched on to that they've latched on to that on the basis that potentially maybe we could only see 25 or 50 in December or 50 in December and then potentially a pause in January of February The downside to that is there's precious little sign that the US economy is slowing even as Economic growth elsewhere shows significant signs of slowing So the Fed remains the elephant in the room to this current rebound in broader Equity markets NASDAQ notwithstanding and I think that's going to be key the next the next few days the tone of the Fed next week Obviously, we also have non-farm payrolls But obviously that comes after the Fed meeting So that's important in the context of what might come in December But certainly in the context of what the Fed decides on Wednesday. It's probably not as important so where are we in the context of The current pullback in the dollar. Well, let's look at the dollar index I mean the dollar index has fallen and looks like it's going to fall for the second week in a row So certainly I think there is a re-evaluation or a reassessment of this current bout of dollar strength We do appear to be getting a little bit of a pullback and if we do see a weekly decline It'll be the first time we've seen two successive weekly declines since July But that doesn't necessarily signal a trend change and I think that's important What's significantly important over the course of the last few days I think has been the fact that the euro dollar Has broken the downtrend line from the highs that we saw earlier this year And it's also broken the 50-day moving average So how we behave over the course of the next few days is It's expected to be fairly important in the overall context of Where the dollar goes to next at the moment We've slipped back off the highs here around about 90 Around about 1.0090 just shy of 101 We could slip back to the 50-day moving average and we could also slip all the way back to this trend line from here But overall the euro dollar doesn't appear to be finding a little bit of a base From just below that 96 area and 97 as well So we could see a little bit of dollar strength over the course of the next few days But there does appear to be some early semblance that perhaps the dollar may have topped similarly with cable We've tested Trend line resistance again from the highs this year. We've rebuffed we've come back and we could well Retest a the 50-day moving average, but also the trend line from the lows back in September So there's also some evidence that the pound may well have bottomed in the short to medium term Medium term certainly on the basis of these daily charts. So my bias towards the pound is slightly shifted We're still in the downtrend from the highs this year But the fact that we crossed above the 50-day moving average could be Could be a positive indicator Now, perhaps we could see a little bit more sterling strength over the course of the next few days Now, obviously we have been helped By the rebound in the pound by the sharp fall and guilt yields that we've seen over the course of the past few days But what's also been more encouraging has been the fact that natural gas prices UK natural gas prices have fallen quite sharply as well. So that is encouraging in terms of Good concerns about a slowdown in the UK economy So the big question is can the rebound that we've seen over the course of the past few days be sustained Well, that's a big question and if we look at the DAX, I think the DAX is probably going to be The key index that I'm keeping an eye out for for evidence of a potential turn around now at the moment We are still respecting the downtrend from the highs this year What's significant about this is for most of this year the DAX and the Euro dollar have correlated quite closely The difference here is the Euro dollars broken its downtrend But the DAX hasn't so that gives me a little bit of a pause when it comes to Where we head to next is the Euro dollar a leading indicator for a DAX rebound Or is the Euro dollar breakout a false positive when it comes to broader the recent broader strength in European equity markets So I'll be looking at these two over the course of the next few days to see whether or not we can get a break higher on the DAX With with the Euro obviously leading it higher certainly from the tone of the ECB earlier this week There's not really an awful lot to be Positive about when it comes to Interest rate policy for the ECB they do appear That there does appear to be increasing divisions on the governing council as to what's likely to come on the right front in December what we've also seen from Euro sterling is the pound really strongly rebound From the lows that we saw at the end of September what we're now seeing is a test of this key trend line support From the lows, but also the 100-day moving average, which is acting as support as well So we could be starting to see the beginnings of a recovery in the pound I think an awful lot of that could well be dictated by the politics On the top of the conservative party if there is political cohesion on the part of the conservatives then we could well see further sterling strength If on the other hand we revert to the type of the past Six to twelve months, then we could well see these sterling gains Quickly unravel. Certainly the Bank of England meeting later this week is going to be instructive I think in terms of the overall rebound in the pound Will the Bank of England go by 50 basis points or 75 basis points when they meet later this week? I think if you'd asked me that question Say a week or so ago a couple of weeks ago. I'd have said they were going to be going by 75 basis points Given the retreat or softening that we've seen from the RBA the Bank of Canada There is a prospect there is a possibility that we could only go by 50 Why do I say that because Australia has a housing market that's looking increasingly vulnerable? So is Canada the US actually has a housing market that's Been struggling over the course of the past of this year So could that be a factor in perhaps a slightly more softer pivot from the Fed this week Certainly, I think in the context of the wider discussion the UK housing market is struggling Not just on valuations, but also on the back of higher mortgage rates So could the Bank of England go by 50 basis points because they're worried about upending the UK housing market So we could get 50 basis points When the Bank of England meets on Thursday? So that's worth keeping an eye out for as I say 50 basis points is probably the least we can expect I Think the odds of a 75 basis points rate hike have receded somewhat even though inflation still remains stubbornly above 10% non-farm payrolls Probably going to see the lowest number this year on Friday of around about 200,000 we did see the unemployment rate drop in the previous numbers of 3.5% But so did the participation rate as well So there's not really much to see in there wage growth also remains fairly weak When I say fairly weak it fell to the lowest levels this year at 5% having said that headline inflation is Starting to come down in the US. So that's probably not a bigger problem I say for example as it is here in the UK So to summarize the big events for this coming week Federal Reserve on Wednesday Bank of England on Thursday non-farm payrolls on Friday The earnings picture been a bit of a mixed bag. I'm certainly on a tech on the tone of tech basis. They've been disappointing The headline numbers have been probably more positive than negative but guidance wise Most most of the numbers have been very disappointing and that's really why we've seen the weakness this week in the NASDAQ 100 in terms of What to expect for this coming week? We've got BP Shells numbers were very good another four billion dollar buyback BP share price has continued to hold up very well Hit another new highest level this year on the back of shells numbers Yesterday, but obviously the thorny issue of windfall taxes has once again raised its ugly head now It's important to remember with respect to BP It's coming from a completely different place to Shell It's still made a loss for it's still running at a loss for this year Even even accounting for the fact that underlying replacement cost profits of eight point four five billion dollars in Q2 Was a very very decent beat Profit attributed to shareholders was nine point three billion But that equated to a first half loss of eleven point one billion dollars due to the Rosneft impairment What are we expecting for the third quarter is unlikely to be anywhere near as good as the numbers in Q2 and What we can say what we can say is that BP has taken an eight hundred million dollar charge In this week's Q3 numbers in respect of the new windfall tax. So We know that you know the discussions around the windfall tax or discussions The the kicking and screaming around that windfall tax is largely political in nature In BP's case the fact that they've only set aside eight hundred million pounds eight hundred million dollars rather in respect of the higher rate Suggests that any money that the government makes from BP or the other oil majors is likely to be fairly small in nature and consequently with an effective tax rate of 65 percent on top of You know relative to other sectors the room for a Significant increase It's not likely to make it's not likely to raise an awful lot of money And that's I think probably reflected in the share price because ultimately it's based on the UK profits But hopefully the direction of travel in terms for the shareholders is likely to be positive and looking for a retest of the highs Back at the beginning of January 2020 so the share price for BP is still below pre-pandemic levels So that's BP's numbers likely to be fairly decent Obviously their cost base is a little bit higher because they have the deep water horizon legacy, which they are still paying for But overall I'm expecting a decent set of numbers there even though the shares are down today. We've also got Rolls Royce Their shares have had a really rough time of it recently Even accounting for the fact that air travel is now starting to return to normal And we and they and the company is now starting to see better revenues from if the civil aviation But since it's Q2 numbers the shares have been a steady decline that we do appear to be seeing signs of a bit of a base In and around just below the 70p area so That's the the Rolls Royce numbers hopefully should give the share price a decent uplift over the course of the next few days Retail is also fairly big this week. We've got next and Sainsbury's as you can see from this chart here The next share price has taken an absolute nosedive over the course of the past Well year to date even if we look at the year-to-date chart that gives you a better indication of how poorly share price has done even though Next has said that it still expects to make Profits of 840 million pounds Which you know by any stretch is a still a fairly decent number Next is saying it expects profits to improve significantly in the second half of this year relative to the first half I'm not convinced about that myself But with the shares already back close to levels seen just after the first lockdown Hopefully a lot of the bad news is already priced in and we could see a little bit of a rebound despite the weak economic outlook Sainsbury's This is this is an interesting one because earlier this month the share price in Sainsbury's hit a record low Let's try to record low. So lowest levels ever 1919 95 2000 We've had a record low for the Sainsbury's share price despite the fact that the supermarket chain still expects To make underlying profit before tax of between 630 million and 690 million pounds Which is pretty much unchanged from a year ago and yet to look at this to look at this share price You'd think the shares were in the last chance to loon, you know They're buying by no means anything, but nonetheless, we've seen a fairly decent rebound off the lows in October So hopefully that will continue and we're going to retest of the 50-day moving average always assuming of course That we don't get a downgrade to that headline profits number One item of particular interest given the fact that we've also got numbers out from Pfizer Uber Robin Hood is Paramount global Paramount global is the latest entrant to the streaming market. I think that chart really tells you all You need to know you can read all about My updates on the news and analysis section of the website You can also sign up to the non-farm payrolls webinar, which Starts at 115 on Friday, but certainly I think this this paramount global Shares gives you an indication of the challenges facing the streaming market The shares did get a brief uptick on the back of the Netflix numbers But it's not been a good call to share price wise for paramount My new streaming service Suspised a slide to two year lows back in October Company still increasing its revenue year-on-year Top gun Maverick Has done very well So should contribute to the film studios part of the business certainly TV and film production The numbers are expected to be good But on the streaming numbers paramount service paramount plus services forty three point three million subscribers Signed a deal with Walmart to help add numbers in Q3 But nonetheless losses from steaming streaming streaming are still expected to approach two billion dollars This year and are expected to increase in 2023 Now, you know, you can argue whether or not that's sustainable or not Certainly paramount global do have other revenue streams. I'm like Disney But their back catalogue is a lot lot smaller So it'll be interesting to see whether or not we get another disappointing update When paramount global release their third quarter numbers in the second Well on the second for the second for the third quarter on the second of November, so that's it for This week, let's say just as a reminder Non-farm payrolls webinar Join me as the numbers drop on the 4th of November 115 Otherwise, thanks very much for listening. Hope you all have a great weekend and speak to you all same time same place next week


Rwyf i chi'n ei bwysig,65, nid gregio'r fglwysig dyma rdynidog honno yn bonesh number 1025, yn rhai'r sgwамиwyd ac yn leisio'r sgwamiyd. Rai'r fglwysig dyma rdynidog yn bwysig mwyn ddim yn amgyrraedd, ac yn rhaid ei byw i chi yn bwysig dyma yng ngynghwyl maen nhw fygodd ar hyn i ddefuysom, rydyn ni'n gyllidion i'r fglwysig dyma i gael. Rydyn ni'n ddangos i gael bwysig,65, rydyn ni'n gwybodaeth yr hyn hyn yn ddawfodol? I'm delighted to be holding this debate this afternoon and thank members for supporting the motion. Last September, I was asked to host a potato council round table, and I'll be honest, there were other events on in Parliament that night, and I thought, I've got to go and talk about potatoes all night, but it was genuinely one of the most interesting meetings I've ever been to in Parliament, and I left that meeting a complete convert to the value of our Scottish produce and the importance of potatoes and a thing that we hardly ever talk about in this Parliament, or I would argue that we don't do enough to promote. Potatoes are affordable, they're environmentally friendly, they're a staple of a healthy diet, they're nutritious, and they're a leading Scottish product. I'll admit to also having some teasing about holding the potato debate this evening, but you'll need to look at the Scottish potatoes exports. In the Parliament, we frequently talk about whisky and salmon as leading Scottish exports, and they have targets to increase their global reach. Yet, when we look at potatoes, Scotland is the second biggest producer of seed potatoes in Europe, and almost 30 per cent of seed potatoes that are grown in Scotland are exported to both EU and non-EU countries, including over 40 countries, including Egypt and Morocco. I think that that's quite impressive, but we don't talk about our exports in this era or our global importance. Scotland has the perfect combination of soil and weather. That might be something that we're not always grateful for, but we have a great combination of soil and weather to produce a world-leading product, a product that many other countries rely on, and in a time off when we talk a lot about food security, it is an important cornerstone of Scottish produce. We should be looking at ways to support and grow the sector. Like all areas of farming, there are yearly fluctuations in challenges in price and productivity, but the estimated value in 2012 was £160 million, and 8 per cent of all British seed is grown in Scotland with a sector value of around £100 million, so it is a significant sector, and it is a Scottish success story that we should celebrate. I mentioned food security, but if we look at the other global challenges, addressing climate change and sustainability, food chains and production have a significant role to play in addressing some of those challenges. Potatoes that are grown in Britain use just 29 per cent of the water compared to the global average, and the journey from field to plate is much shorter than other comparable produce. If we think about rice or pasta and the water, energy and air miles that are used to produce those products, potatoes compare very favourably, but there is on-going work into the future, and the James Hutton Institute is investing in research for the sector, developing varieties that require much less fertiliser and water input, so those can be grown with a much smaller environmental footprint. Potatoes that can withstand environmental pressures are good for the export market, but they are also good for future-proofing our own produce against the impact of climate change at home. The potato sector is facing significant challenges. Consumption has fallen across the UK, but most significantly within Scotland, since February 2012, consumption of fresh potatoes in Scotland has fallen by 13 per cent compared to 9 per cent in England and 10 per cent in Wales. We can suggest several reasons for this. Our eating habits have changed. We have seen an increase in the use of pasta, rice and noodles. We have much more options than we did generations ago when meeting potatoes with a staple in diet. We have changed lifestyles, busy lives combined with less meal preparation, and when you get home from work, potatoes do not often seem like the obvious thing to cook. Your impression is that it will take a while to prepare that if you plan to cook at all. But supermarkets and producers are trying to respond to this with more convenient but fresh product options available, so we see product development trying to address the issues of consumption. We have also seen a shift in the type of potatoes that we buy, and we are now in the new potato season. I hope that members will come along to the potato council event tomorrow lunchtime and try some of the new potatoes. You are most welcome, but the consumer is increasingly buying smaller potatoes and in smaller bags, and while that helps with consumption figures, it leaves challenges for the Scottish potato market, leaving them vulnerable and too seasonally focused. Research also has a significant role to play in all that. We all like good-looking fruit and veg these days. While there is a job to do with the consumer except in produce that looks like it has been grown in a field, there are also advantages to improving the appearance and nutritional profile, reducing greening and sprouting, and developing better flavour. All those issues contribute to how we improve consumption levels, but there is always a perception that potatoes make you fat, and that is probably one of the most difficult myths to address and to reverse. Starchew foods are our main source of carbohydrates and are important in a healthy diet, yet the idea that potatoes are heavy and calorie is still persistent. When I spoke to people about having this debate, I was surprised by how many people still had that impression, but potatoes make you fat. That is a misconception. Often it is not the potato but it is the butter or the oil or the salt that we add that is the problem. If you eat potatoes with the skins on, they are a great source of energy, fibre, B vitamins and potassium, as well as vitamin C. The UK Department of Health has recently changed its dietary advice to include potatoes with skins along with whole grains as a source of fibre. However, there is no defined portion size for potatoes in the UK, unlike the 80 grams that is recommended for fruit and vegetables. It would be good to have clarity on that, because that would help with the promotion of healthy eating guidance to consumers. If it was true that potatoes were causing weight gain, I do not think that we would necessarily see falling consumption alongside increasing obesity figures. I asked the public health minister last year in a PQ about the goal of increasing potato consumption by 25 per cent, which was in the preventing overweight and obesity route map, and then removed based on advice from the Food Standards Agency. I understand the reasons for changing the advice, but I think that it gives a confusing message for the consumer. I accept that part of that is the difficulty with a lack of an evidence base regarding health benefits, but that needs to be resolved and a clear message about the nutritious value of potatoes and the role that they can play in a healthy diet. While no-one denies their value, potatoes miss out by the positive promotion because they are not part of the five-a-day message, and they also miss out on positive promotion as a starchy carbohydrate because they are not a whole grain, which tends to be the focus of that category. The final point on that is that potatoes are affordable. We have seen an increase in cost in recent years, but we have seen an increase in food prices across the shopping basket. Food prices are predicted to rise faster than incomes every year until 2018. There is significant pressure on global food prices and feeding a family gets more and more difficult. Potatoes remain an affordable product and it is also one that people can grow themselves. I know that the potato council, as well as representatives in the sector, have been doing a lot of work with schools and have been supporting them through the Grow Your Own Potatoes project. This year is the 40th anniversary of the DD landings, and the British Nutritional Foundation are using the opportunity to highlight the potato, which it describes as new nutritional insights into an old wartime food hero. Potatoes can seem old-fashioned, and the consumption figures that I gave earlier are even starker when you look at the figures in terms of age, and we can see that consumption is falling much faster under those who are aged under 40. However, if we think about the global food challenges that we face—affordability, nutrition, sustainability and the environment—we have a Scottish produce that we should celebrate and we should be proud of. Many thanks. We now turn to the open debate. Speeches of around four minutes, please. Angus MacDonald to be followed by Dr Richard Simpson. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I am certainly pleased to be contributing to this debate this evening, and thank Claire Baker for bringing the debate to the chamber around us to highlight the many benefits to both health and the economy of the great Scottish spud. I have a long association with the great Scottish spud. I grew in Cerspynx on the family farms up in Stornoway for the outdoor hebedean market, where the flowery dry texture of Cerspynx goes so well with the local delicacies such as salt herring and guga. The guga has of course been the salt baby gannet, which is half a century on from being born on the Isle deus. I still have not managed to acquire a taste for it. I can say that without worrying about damaging the guga industry as demand greatly exceeds supply. My association with the humble spud continued when I trained as a livestock auctioneer with United Auctions in Stirling, where we would regularly hold seed potato sales. I learned of hundreds of varieties that I had never heard of before. Following the sale, as a trainee auctioneer, I used to have to phone in the sale report to the Glasgow Herald and the Scotsman, the P&J and the Courier, and that was in the days before email and fax. So I had to spell out each of the varieties to the copy girls. So I now have varieties such as Desiree, Pentland, Javelin, Osprey and Russet Burbank etched on my mind. I'm sure there's lots of retired copy girls out there who are extremely relieved they no longer have to type endless potato varieties for hours on end. To look at the names of the multitude of different varieties such as some colourful names such as the Scarlett, Pimpernel, Galactica, Fontaine, Asterix and Silvana, to name just a few, there are just some of the 700 potato varieties held by the Scottish Government in its national potato collection. Yes, surely. Clare Baker. As one of the members would agree with me, that while we have knowledge of variety, we should see more variety in our supermarkets, and part of recent consumption would be being able to give the consumer much greater variety and choices in what kind of potatoes they consume. Angus MacDonald. Absolutely. If you look at the tonnage figures that the Government provides, there are basically just a handful of varieties that are used and there are so many other brilliant varieties out there that people aren't aware of and they should be made aware of them. Scotland produces 600,000 tonnes of potatoes each year, which are valued at around 180 million, and around half of that tonnage are our world-class seed potatoes, which are clearly the foundation of our potato industry. Scottish seed potatoes are exported to over 50 countries outside the EU and generate 35 million for the economy, with Egypt being the largest seed export destination, which demand from Egypt up 20 per cent on previous years. Scotland is now the largest seed supplier to Egypt, having overtaken the Netherlands, which was the previous lead supplier. There is lots of good news out there with regard to Scottish potatoes and even more when you consider that a recent study of the nutritional values of potatoes and potato products in the UK diet, published in the British Nutrition Foundation nutrition bulletin, revealed that choosing to consume potatoes in place of more energy-dense foods could have a significant impact to reduce calorie consumption and improve nutrient density, potentially contributing to the avoidance of obesity. In addition, potatoes as a white vegetable play an important role in enriching the diet, providing important micronutrients, as well as dietary fibre and unsaturated fatty acids. So, while potato consumption is declining slightly, it would seem that it should be encouraged. Particularly when you consider that, according to the study, potatoes provide on average more fibre, potassium, vitamin C, folate and magnesium compared with their energy contribution. That means that potatoes increase the nutrient density of the diet. So, there is an important role for potatoes to play in improving their diet, not only are they a source of dietary fibre, they provide the micronutrients that I mentioned earlier. In short, providing care is taken over the amount of added fat and salt. Potato consumption should be encouraged as a white vegetable alongside other coloured vegetables as part of a healthy balanced diet. Meanwhile, as my time is limited, can I just squeeze in a bit of praise for SRUC and the work that they are continuing to do on blight-resistant varieties? A late blight costs Scottish farmers about £500 per hectare or up to half of all production costs, and the SRUC believes that using newer blight-resistant varieties could help to control blight in a more cost-effective way. So, it's clear that there's lots of work going on at all stages in the potato industry from research to growing to marketing, so let's do all we can to ensure the humble Scottish spud continues to make a significant contribution to our diet and our economy. Many thanks, and I'll call Dr Richard Simpson to be followed by Mary Scanlon. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I add my thanks to Claire Baker for getting this member's debate on an important topic, which is of relevance to Scottish and Scottish exports. I want to confine my remarks to three issues—the health value of potatoes, the health and safety of managing chips and the future of seed potatoes, which is an important industry. I think that we've already heard that the Potato Council has demonstrated the significant benefits—health benefits—of potatoes, and I think that the evidence base is now quite strong. I won't repeat all the elements that have been talked about by others, but potassium is an important factor, as well as the energy and fibre source and the vitamins that others have mentioned. Vitamin B6, for example, has many important functions, including contributing to normal red blood cell formation, the normal functioning of the nervous system and the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, as well as the regulation of hormonal activity. Potato Council has produced a number of healthy eating recipes featuring potatoes, all of which are less than 400 calories per portion. That is a much undervalued and underappreciated product. I wanted to look at chips because chips are everybody's favourite—or one of the favourite ways in which potatoes are produced. Of course, it is one that has had, in many ways, quite a bad press. I believe that we need much firmer standards in terms of chip production, necessary for health and a healthier population. If you look at New Zealand, they've developed a set of industry standards for potato chips based on the best scientific evidence. Their organisation, known as the Chip Group, which works to improve the nutritional status of deep-fried chips sold in New Zealand, found that chips that are not cooked to industry standards have up to 20 per cent fat in them, compared with the operators adhering to the standards that produce deep-fried chips that are between 7 and 9 per cent fat. As an illustration of that, one of their programmes is called town makeovers, in which they go to local producers of chips and instruct them in the standards.  That can have a major effect and chips are very popular. I would like to see the fish and chip organisation in Scotland and their standards in their programme ensure that no fish and chip shop is awarded an award in Scotland unless it complies to the standard that reduces the chip fat content to less than 9 per cent. Good technique has other important factors. It reduces the level of acrylamide and mufuran, both of which are carcinogens and are in high prevalence if the frying standards are not followed. What will the Government do to ensure that high standards in this area are encouraged? To finish with, I want to deal with seed potatoes, an important crop has already been said, and I won't go into the figures. One of the big problems, as Angus MacDonald mentioned, is potato blight. It is one of the things that causes real problems. Here, I'm really going to go into an area that is slightly difficult for us because the research that the present mechanism is to use Mendelian cross-breeding in order to improve blight resistance. There is a lot of work going on in that at the James Hutton Institute and elsewhere. There is also significant work going on in Holland to produce blight-resistant varieties, but in America, they are going to follow the genetically modified route. Here, they are using existing potatoes from South America and old forms of potatoes, which are almost completely blight-resistant. That will short-cut the approach quite significantly. Given that blight has a massive effect on this crop across the whole world, if we are going to survive as a seed-producing nation—and it is the seed production that is important to us—we need to consider doing a risk assessment of not adopting GM to protect our industries competitive. I am not advocating GM, but the industry itself talks about all the public protections that need to be put in place. Nevertheless, we should be very careful that we do not lose out in this area to the Americans because this is an area of great importance to us. I would like to thank Claire Baker for securing the member's debate. In fact, I think that this is exactly what the member's debate should be about. I thank her very much for bringing this to the Parliament. Growing up in Angus, we never spoke about potatoes. That was for the toffs. It was tatties. Tatties were part of our annual calendar of events. From eight years old, I would be sewing tatties in the spring. We had three weeks' tattie holidays in October. Between those times, we were outpicking daffodils at Dijkland, strawberries and raspberries at Charlton near Montrose in the summer holidays. It probably sounds like child slave labour these days, but it was actually just a normal part of our life. However, I was aware growing up in Montrose of the excellent disease-free seed potatoes that were grown in Scotland and exported to many countries. It is no surprise that overseas demand for seed potatoes has risen by 30 per cent in the past 10 years. However, I have to say, probably like many people—I make no apology for it—I was not fully aware, or probably not very aware at all, of the nutritional benefit of potatoes until I started researching for this debate. It is perhaps the lack of knowledge about these benefits that has been responsible for some of the decline of 500,000 tonnes in the potato crop in the years between 2011 and 2013. That, to me, seems a huge amount. I also have to confess that the year of the potato 2008 also passed me by. I cannot say I learned much about the potato that year, but the briefing from the potato council states that, in 2008, the Scottish Government published a target of increasing potato consumption by 25 per cent as part of the healthy eating act of living and action plan to improve diet and tackle obesity, which was to run for three years. Unfortunately, in the same briefing, it states that subsequent policy documents have been inconsistent in referencing the target. I hope that this debate goes some way to addressing that. However, in response to the goal to increasing consumption by 25 per cent, Michael Matheson stated, and I quote again, that there is no evidence base regarding the health benefits of consuming potatoes specifically. However, I have to say that I have found plenty, we have heard plenty tonight, and there are plenty more sources. As Claire Baker said, Scotland is the right place to grow potatoes using just 29 per cent of the water compared to the global average and 133 times less water than that of rice and 42 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than pasta. On the health front and nutritional front, a medium potato provides 45 per cent of the daily value of vitamin C—I certainly did not know that—more potassium than bananas, spinach or broccoli—did not know that—and 10 per cent of the daily value of B6 and all that for 110 calories with no fat, sodium or cholesterol. If I do not know it, how many people out there do not know that? Potatoes are fat-free and lower in calories than white rice and pasta. They are almost half the calories of the same amount of white rice and significantly lower than boiled white pasta. In terms of fibre, the potato yields double the amount of pasta and more than 20 times the amount found in boiled white rice. That is a superfood by any other name, but price is a factor here, as Claire Baker said, about the rising food prices. Given that other products such as pasta and rice can act as a very acceptable substitute for potatoes, I find it worrying that where potatoes have increased in price from £100 per ton in 2011 to £270 per ton in 2012. I hope that that increase in price will encourage farmers and other growers to allocate more land to the production of potatoes given that financial incentive. I have to say that I found the factual information surrounding this debate very interesting. I will be sure to include tatties in my weekly shop from now on. I hope that this debate has raised awareness about the nutritional and health benefits of the potato. First, I congratulate Claire Baker for bringing what has been a very fascinating debate and, indeed, very interesting and well-put-together speeches from all my colleagues across the chamber today and fascinating details in them about nutrition in particular. If I pose the question, can any of us imagine haggis and neeps without the mashed tatties or the Sunday lunch or dinner without the crisp roasties and a battered fish without the chips, irrespective of the requirements and standards that Dr Simpson highlighted, or, indeed, my personal favourite, the baked potato, can we imagine life without those? I could go on with a long list of the many dishes that can be accompanied by what some might call the humble spud, but I think that we have gathered today and we could categorise them again as the glorious versatile potato. Whether fresh or processed, boiled, mashed, baked, fried, crisp, most of us love them in at least one form or another. I know that Angus MacDonald is a particular expert on potato varieties, so I will be making sure that the cabinet secretary is aware of that for future reference. That is why I thank Claire Baker for raising this topic about one of Scotland's most important crops. Claire Baker hosted a round-table event on tackling tattie targets here at the Scottish Parliament in September 2013, which covered many of the issues that were raised in that motion. In Scotland, we have a long history of quality food production, particularly of potatoes. The value of the Scottish seed crop alone, as members have said, is approaching £100 million, with more than 11,000 hectares grown in 2013. Potatoes from Scotland represent some 75 per cent of total UK production. I have heard, I think, a figure of 80 per cent, but I hope that we are in agreement that it is a very significant share of UK production. We also grow between 16,000 to 18,000 hectares of where or eating potatoes per annum. The total output value of Scottish where potatoes has doubled from £92 million in 2009 to £188 million in 2013, largely due to a strong increase in price that members have referred to. Collectively, the value of the Scottish potato sector is £287 million. That represents 9 per cent of Scotland's total agricultural output, so it is a very significant crop for our agricultural sector. I add to the fact that Scottish seed potatoes underpin potato production right across the islands, which is worth an estimated £4 billion a year. That confirms the importance of the Scottish potato and why it should be celebrated and valued. Scotland has many natural advantages, as members have said, for potato production, including the Scottish climate. Our cool summers can be a distinct advantage in limiting virus pressure on Scottish potato crops. This is allied to Scotland's freedom from serious potato quarantine pests such as brown rot and ring rot. I know that James Hutton Institute is looking at the impact of climate change on potato production and we look forward to its research. That freedom does not happen by chance and is the result of strong collaboration between growers, potato councils and the Scottish Government to ensure that a range of voluntary and statutory measures are in place to maintain and build on our worldwide high health reputation. That includes the Scottish Government undertaking soil, tuber and water surveillance to monitor for quarantine pests and diseases. We are rightly proud of our high health status, but we cannot rest on our laurels. Plant health is the root of Scotland's thriving rural economy. That is why I announced the development of a new Scottish plant health strategy on 18 March at a workshop with stakeholders. The strategy will be hugely beneficial in helping us to tackle the increasing challenges of new pests and diseases that may affect production. Strong collaboration with all interested parties is also vital in protecting our plant health. That is why the Scottish Government works in partnership with the potato industry and potato council to ensure that we have robust measures in place to build on our advantages. We fund potato-related research in Scotland to evaluate around £4 million per year and we lay it closely with the potato council on this to complement their input and their efforts. Scottish potatoes are also consistently successful in European and international markets. I think that Angus MacDonald and others have referred to Egypt. I think that it is 49 per cent of our total exports outside the EU go to Egypt, but over the current export season we have 77,000 tonnes to over 20 different countries outside the European Union. It is another very good year for our exporters. Again, that is the result of strong collaboration between exporters, potato council and Scottish Government working in tandem to nurture existing markets and to develop new ones. The Scottish Bud also plays a vital role in the success story that Scotland's food and drink industry. Since 2008, our food and drink sector has experienced the strongest growth in turnover, all growth sectors in Scotland standing at 14 per cent. As Clare Baker noticed in our motion, consumption of fresh potatoes has been in decline with a drop of around 25 per cent over the last decade. Processed potatoes also declined over the same period by around 13 per cent. The reason for the decline is unclear, as members have said, but the decrease appears greater in more affluent societal groups, suggesting some form of cultural shift. Potato prices may also be a factor. They rose by almost 30 per cent, as a number has said today between 2007 and 2012. That increase is close to the average in food prices but higher than the price increases for fruit and vegetables in the same period. Research shows that consumer reaction in the UK to price increases has been to buy fewer and cheaper potatoes rather than pay more. The long-term decline in consumption is, of course, a concern, and I commend Potato Council and members for raising this issue today. The Potato Council has a key role in promoting the sector. The Government consistently recommends and promotes potatoes as an excellent source of starchy carbohydrates. Examples include advice to retailers on product placement through the healthy living programme, the Food Standards Agency Scotland Eat Well plate and, shortly, as part of supporting healthy choices guidance due for publication at the end of June this year. If there is a key message that has come out of the debate from all members and I commend them all for the detail in which they have described it, there is the issue of nutrition. Clearly, we have a problem in that potatoes are perceived to not be as nutritional as we now know they are. Clare Baker, Mary Scanlon, Richard Simpson and Angus MacDonald all made these points about the particular quality, so I will not repeat them, but most people are not eating enough of this type of food, so increasing our consumption of potatoes is an ideal way of achieving our health targets. Reflected by Angus MacDonald, it is important that Scotland's population is in a position to make informed decisions on what they eat and the sheer variety of potatoes was a surprise to me. I hadn't appreciated the bread there. The Scottish Government published revised dietary targets in May 2013 following a review by the Food Standards Agency Scotland. They set the population wide shift required to improve Scotland's dietary health, which includes the intake of starchy foods. I pick up the point that Richard Simpson made. I think very fairly about the way that potatoes are cooked in relation to chips. I wasn't aware of the diversity of the techniques using the fact content that ultimately arises, so I will certainly raise that point with my colleagues just to see if there is anything that we can do. Food education is also high on the Government's agenda. For example, we have invested £3 million over 2010 to 2015 to help to teach our young people about the journey from farm to fork. It is why initiatives like the Potato Council's Grow Your Own Potatoes for primary school children are invaluable in teaching our future generations of consumers about where potatoes come from and how they can be utilised in diets at home. It is possible to build in perhaps more messaging about the nutritional value of potatoes and perhaps even guidance on how they are cooked and to ensure that their health benefits are maximised. I am delighted to note that Grow Your Own is celebrating its 10th year. Many schools across Scotland grow their own, which teaches pupils about the role that potatoes can play in a healthy, balanced diet. That is a fantastic project that is complementing other food education initiatives that the Scottish Government funds, and I hope that it will continue to engage with young people across the country for years to come. I commend Clear Baker for a motion. I commend all members for the content of their speeches, which is very constructive and positive in favour of the industry. I am pleased to have had the opportunity to celebrate the success of our Scottish Spuds past, present and for the future with you all today. Many thanks. That concludes Clear Baker's debate on celebrating the Scottish Spud, and I now close this meeting of Parliament.


I don't mind hard work. It's been tough to find a steady job. Lately, things have been looking up. I kept food on the table, bought a few nice things for the house, saved some money. Then I found out I was infected with TB. Man, I thought I was going to go crazy. I don't usually trust the system. And if you don't have a lot of money, forget it. But if I get real sick, who's going to be there for my wife and my daughter? And I don't want to get like Jim. He had TB and it was rough. In a way, Trevor was lucky. I didn't even know I was infected. If I did, I could have avoided getting TB disease by taking medication. Jim and I became buddies on the job. We would hang out after work, play cards, watch a game, have dinner with my family. Months ago, Jim got this cough. And he got worse to the point where he couldn't stop coughing. Man, he got real sick. I was worried for him. And finally, he went to the hospital and found out he had TB disease. Having tuberculosis was the worst thing I ever went through. I couldn't believe how bad I felt. I was weak, always tired, and that cough. When Jim got sick, my family was contacted by the health department. They explained to us why we should get tested for TB, since Jim had spent time with me and my family. When my skin test turned out positive, I was given an appointment at the clinic. The doctor said that I needed a simple examination and a chest x-ray to see if I had TB disease. Mr. Daniels, please have a seat. My name is Dr. Matthews. Dr. Matthews. I'm sure you have some concerns. So before we get started, I just want to assure you that all TB treatment is kept private. We just want you and your family to stay healthy. What do my tests show? Well, Mr. Daniels, your chest x-ray is normal. But as you know, your skin test was positive. What does that mean? That means that you have the TB germs in your body. So you have the TB germs in your body. I'm strong. I don't feel sick at all. The good news is you're not sick. You don't have TB disease. You don't feel sick because you have TB infection, not disease. But the germs are in your body. TB is spread through the air.  Right now, your body has built up a wall of defense around the germ. But if your defense is weakened, the wall could break down, and you could get sick.  In all those pills every day for so many months, what about my wife and my daughter? Have I passed it on to them? No. You can only infect someone if you have TB disease. That's why it's important to start the preventive treatment. What treatment? There are medications that will attack the TB germs in your body. Usually, you take them every day for a few months to treat your infection. I eat well, and I take vitamins. Doesn't that help? A good diet will build up your strength, but it won't prevent TB disease. If you get sick, you could wind up in the hospital. Even worse, you could infect your family and friends. I don't like taking pills. I can understand that. But this is only one or two medications. If you get sick with TB disease, you'll need to take a lot more than that. I sure don't like pills, but man, I wish I knew I was infected earlier. I mean, then I could have done something to prevent TB. If only I knew. So I don't have to worry with this medicine? This preventive treatment is the most effective way we know to treat TB infection. Of course, any medication has possible side effects. But this treatment has been used effectively for many years. I strongly encourage you to take the preventive treatment. It's very safe. All right. I'll do it. Good. Very good. Many people share Trevor's concerns and fears. TB disease can be serious, but it can be prevented. One half of all patients who develop TB disease do so within two years of being infected. That's why it's important to begin treatment early and not to interrupt your treatment once it's been started. TB doesn't discriminate. One out of every three people in the world is infected with TB, and anyone can get it. Rich, poor, male, female, young, old. Even doctors or nurses like me. That's why it's important to get tested. And if you are infected, to take medication to prevent TB disease. Even if you were infected a long time ago, we may still recommend preventive treatment. Once I got the facts, the decision was clear. Taking my treatment was easy. And the clinic was really helpful. They answered all of my questions. They were open late one night a week and on Saturday. And they make appointments around my schedule. At first, I was scared. I'm very confused. But I learned a lot about TB from Trevor that it's easy to detect and prevent. My daughter and I got tested and turned up negative. Trevor can't pass the TB germ onto us. And now, since he's taken preventive treatment, he's not going to get sick. I'm the type of guy that forgets my socks when I'm rushing. But it's easy to remember to take my medication. I take my pills once a day, usually at night before I go to bed. And then I go to the clinic once a month to get checked out and to get my medication for the month. Have a seat. Thank you for rescheduling my appointment. The boss needed me to come in that day for a guy who was on vacation. It's not a problem. We want your treatment to be convenient. So how do you feel? Do you have any questions? I feel fine. I'm almost finished, right? Yes, Mr. Daniels. One more month, and you're done. Here's your last monthly supply of medication. This wasn't such a bad thing. Preventive treatment is the best way to make sure you don't get TB disease. That's why health departments always make treatment affordable, whether it's free or very low cost. And that's also why we try to accommodate your schedule. And we may even call to remind you of your appointment.  It's almost time for bed. OK, mommy. You know it's time for daddy to take his medicine. OK, daddy. I'm very glad you didn't get sick. Me too, honey. Me too.


Please everybody to their seats Welcome everybody. Thanks so much that you all attended to the stands for health final conference We have the topic Taking a stands for health personalized nutrition for public health Yeah, we are very excited to have this event day here with you. I think we have a great Panel of speakers we have great panel discussions prepared for you today And now Camilla, I don't know well Stefan first of all, I'm sorry So rude. I expected that you by now all know me by the countless emails you received Exactly, I'm sorry. So my name is Stefan. That's coming. This is Camilla my colleague from euphic the European Food Information Council Yeah, we would like to as Stefan said to welcome everybody It's been a great effort of all the partners involved in the project to get to these points. We are also live streaming So hi to everybody that it's online We will Let you know that you will have the possibility to raise your questions and contact us via Slido we also going to introduce you know now to dad in each of the sessions you're gonna We're gonna have a couple of minutes after the presentations to Yeah to answer the questions from here from the live audience, but also from the online audience To start with this and to get you familiar with it. We're gonna have a Yeah, just a relax Exercise of this so you you get more familiar with it So you have to go either to your browser or to your phone and a right slido.com The password is or the keyword is a hashtag s4h Capital s4 capital H. I think that makes a difference actually, right? Yeah, and then The QR code you can you can scan it so you're gonna receive some questions So we're gonna get the questions from the people online also here when when it comes to time and Yeah, let's try it on maybe if we can start the first question The code s4h like stands for help. Yes You can tell we had a brain storm and going on for that Yeah So you can see the first question in your phones or your browser is from which country are you from? And we see a lot of Belgians here right now. I'm not very surprised by that because we are here from Brussels But also Look at that. We have some Germans there as well. Perfect. Yeah Germany Italy being the follow-up from Belgium here from Greece, Croatia France all over Spain as well. Yeah Is it we I mean 12 points to show it here? Okay You're gonna see it on the screen soon and well in the meanwhile in The meanwhile anything that you need during the day any questions you have a you can come to to Stefan to me also Mateo if you can Yes, wait, where are you? Yeah And and then also the people from comments there with the light blue t-shirt so anything you need you can approach them as well Okay here 26 participants there so far I think we have a good Europe. Yeah, okay Fair enough Yeah, I think we have a good overview here as well. It seems to work great. So let's go to the next question We would like to know where you are following us from Well, of course for the participants on site, it's quite obvious that that you're following us from here So are you in your office? Are you at home? You may be on the tram to your workstation or In the lab could also be yes. Yeah, we're in the tram to here Or in the tram to here that so that we know how many seats Exactly taxi could also be Perfect perfect Wow Let's have it a little bit longer open also to to cover the delay from the people from online participants Home office home office seems to be a quite a popular place these days Or we really have someone from the lab. That's exciting. Wow. Yeah, I would love to see how that looks like now Okay, I'm winning to the lab person if you can if you can post a picture on Twitter with the hashtag stands for health Thank you very much Okay, well, this is an exercise just to see if it works correctly The idea we have to know that the questions from the online audience are gonna get to us 15 minutes 10 minutes 15 seconds a little bit later So we always have to wait for them a little bit more. So the third question was what's your area of expertise? We can Yeah, we have different options here. You can choose multiple even in case you have multiple areas of expertise, of course and Nutrition other I would expect a little bit more on on the technology technological side actually, but let's see maybe that changes in a little bit Maybe more in the afternoon. Maybe more in the afternoon, of course That's true Okay Wow, okay seems great Well, we know it works. So we're ready to start. So I think we're gonna give If we have time, yeah, exactly. Yeah, I mean especially online There's several people that they join a couple of sessions Maybe they they have another meeting and they joining afterwards, you know how it works So, let's see and yeah, let's start the day. Thank you so much and Here we have we would welcome on stage the coordinator of the stands for health project Jose Angel Rufian Fernandez Excuse me. It doesn't matter. Jose the stage is yours and We're looking forward to your introduction to the event today. Thank you so much Jose Big applause for them