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The focus remains on strengthening partnerships with stakeholders before implementing any new actions. I will allow a brief supplementary, but it will need to be brief, as will the response.
Last year’s Hayward review, which we should hear about later today, noted that the impact on learners with disabilities and those with additional support needs should be considered in the creation of any new Scottish qualification. Can the minister outline whether the Scottish Government plans to review educational bodies to ensure that they are delivering ...
Recent major food organisations have warned that new Brexit border rules could cut the shelf life of fresh fruit from mainland Europe by a fifth and leave some deliveries from the European Union unsaleable.
(S6O-02600) We support people on low incomes to move towards, and benefit from, greener energy through our local area-based schemes and our national warmer homes Scotland service. The new warmer homes Scotland service relaunched earlier this week and aims to reach many more vulnerable households.
I recently met Ayrshire farmers in Kilmarnock and heard about some of their issues as well as their hopes for the new agriculture bill. One of their recurring concerns is that they feel powerless to influence the behaviour of the supermarkets when it comes to getting fair prices for their quality products.
Might we get a statement from Government to Parliament by the end of the year to make sure that everyone who is waiting for good news receives it? I will certainly convey the member’s request for a ministerial statement to the skills minister.
In my constituency, the medical practices in Alford and Torphins—like many others across Scotland—have, unfortunately, been unable to recruit new GPs, so they have handed their contracts back to NHS Grampian.
Data for West College Scotland, Ayrshire College and New College Lanarkshire are included in the following tables as New College Lanarkshire has a campus in Kirkintilloch and Ayrshire College has campuses in Irvine and Kilwinning.