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Economic, Trade and Investment Cooperation • Note record breaking bilateral trade relations between Bangladesh and UK – crossing $6.2billion. • First quarter of 2024 – 5% growth compared to last year’s first quarter. • Exports mostly apparel – but growth in diversity with new added products such as mangoes; teas and manuka honey – sold at Holland & Barrett....
Greg Piper MP, Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia visited the Scottish Parliament to meet with the Presiding Officer and officials.
The SPICe briefing says that 5 per cent of the cases that are reviewed lead to a lower award or to no award, compared with 13 per cent for the DWP’s PIP.
It was communicated to me that the Nordic countries are experiencing similar challenges about capacity and demand compared to Scotland. It was stated that Sweden was experiencing its particular challenges because their school system is different, in that it is not fully state run.
The other Committee Member, John Mason, has confirmed he will not attend. Proposed visit Purpose 6. The purpose of the visit is to inform the Committee’s pre-budget scrutiny and subsequent consideration of the Scottish Budget 2026-27, as well as its legacy report.
The current picture, based on information that we have so far, is that we are broadly comparable with similar organisations. I will put caveats on that because there is more to do, but we are broadly comparable with other organisations.