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Agenda item 3 is on a series of reports from the Scottish Government on horizon 2020, the one-plus-two language learning policy, the transposition of EU directives and the European structural and investment funds. Do members have any comments or questions?
The last page of the letter on the European structural and investment funds touches on an issue that committee members have raised over a period—having a summary of the money that comes from the European Union to various projects in Scotland. I found the letter a wee bit tricky to get to grips with. Is it possible to have the information summarised in a tabular format, so that we can see the different categories and amounts? That would make it a lot easier to understand.
We can ask the Scottish Government to do that.
The only other issue that I will draw members’ attention to concerns the same letter. The last sentence on the first page says:
“the Commission will review this, consider the findings reported in the 2015 Annual Control Report and undertake an audit visit to the Scottish Government to allow them to conclude on whether to lift the suspension. I will update the Committee once we know the position. This will be in mid-February.”
I suggest that we contact the Scottish Government to ask it for an update. Are members happy to do that?
Members indicated agreement.
On the horizon 2020 funding for the UK, I noticed that Wales gets 2.5 per cent and Scotland gets only 1.65 per cent. Why is that? Wales has a smaller population than Scotland has.
We can interrogate that figure and find out the answer. Are members happy to note the reports, pending the information that we have agreed to request?
Members indicated agreement.
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