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Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Angus Robertson MSP Claire Baker MSP Convener, Economy and Fair Work Committee 19 17 October 2022 Dear Claire Building a New Scotland: A stronger economy with independence I am writing to you because of your Committee’s likely interest in the Scottish Government's third paper in the series of independence prospectus papers, Building a New Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 February 2022
In the event of an active outbreak management scenario, Boards may restrict visiting to essential visits only, which would allowone supportive person to accompany a pregnant mother to the booking scan, 20 week scan and any emergency appointments.
It is particularly timely for the committee to be carrying out this work at present, because we expect the review that is provided for in the agreement to take place in 2025-26, although it is not yet clear whether that will lead to consideration of substantive changes.
The Cabinet Secretary said there was every chance of that happening. She said
"When I visited the University of Edinburgh I saw a variety of well know brands of products alongside reusable products that are new to market.
However, estimates in the growth sector statistics database, which are derived from the latest Scottish Government global connections survey, suggest that in 2012 Scotland exported approximately £655 million-worth of crop, animal and hunting-related products to the rest of the UK.
We have just done a 360-degree interview for the latest issue of Tread: A Journal of Rural Youth, the magazine that we produce for the Rural Youth Project.