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More recent HM Revenue and Customs statistics only underline the negative impact of EU exit, as Scottish goods exports fell by 24 per cent in the latest year to June 2021, compared with the equivalent period in 2019.
I am always struck by the Tories’ unwillingness to recognise the fundamentally different approach that we have taken to employability compared with the one that they have taken in government, whereby they coerce and compel some of the most vulnerable people in our society to take part in employability programmes under the threat of losing their benefit enti...
We must bear it in mind that the Government paper that went to the task force said that the provision of seven-day services is almost non-existent in the community setting for AHPs, with some notable exceptions. There are some fantastic notable exceptions, but they remain exceptions.
Even more telling is the fact that complaints far outweighed compliments, accounting for 77 per cent of the feedback that was received compared to a mere 18 per cent for compliments.
Currently, we have regional teams that are directly linked with every local authority and with the RICs and LA teams. We also have attainment advisers who offer support in the attainment challenge and are linked with those schools that are in the most challenging situations.
On structural funds, we are sticking to the idea that we have to maintain a comparative level for development and for reducing disparities between countries and between regions in countries, which I mentioned.
It is clear that increased fuel costs have a significant impact on rural areas, compared with urban zones in which people have public transport alternatives.
S5W-35365 Pauline McNeill: To ask the Scottish Government how many people with underlying health conditions are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination as part of JCVI priority group 6, and how this compares with their eligibility for the annual flu vaccine.