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However, officials have been more involved than I have in the process that has taken us from the medium-term financial strategy to this point. I would make two additional points on borrowing.
The process to prepare these publications requires significant work by the Improvement Service and local authority partners from the point of collection to the release of the final publication.
We do not claim that Scotland is the best country in the world at this point on those issues, but we are making great strides forward in areas such as renewable energy, where we do regard ourselves as being at the forefront in many respects.
In some cases, individuals can get their payment within 10 or 15 minutes of the decision being made. We felt that, from the point of view of keeping to the two-day turnaround for making payments, that was the best way for us.
These include—
around five local authorities are expected to seek to designate an area of linguistic significance in the first five years
the National Gaelic Strategy is expected to cover the five-year period from 2028
the National Scots Strategy and the statutory guidance will be developed in 2025-26
regulations setting education standards for both Gaelic and Scots are expected around 2025-26.
I have restated in my conversations with the Secretary of State that the best way to deliver rail in Scotland is through full devolution and improved accountability of the infrastructure manager to the Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Parliament.