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I am very conscious of the time, so I will continue.That is because our natural resources are not globally traded or subject to volatile price hikes. New onshore wind is now half the cost of new gas, and new offshore wind is 40 per cent cheaper.
The contract for the Beatrice project was to manufacture 26 turbine jackets, which was supporting an estimated 1,400 core workforce and agency jobs across the three yards—the majority of the jobs were agency.
The first question is, that amendment S5M-03898.2, in the name of Dean Lockhart, which seeks to amend S5M-03898, in the name of Angela Constance, on “Scotland’s Social Enterprise Strategy 2016-26”, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The precise opening date will depend on the amount of weather down time that occurs during the coming weeks, with the latest date being based on weather similar to that which we have seen in February and March continuing to occur.
We will not get that again, so we have to try to make the process as seamless as possible within the new constraints and the new frameworks, not make more barriers than we already have.
We will start today’s business with First Minister’s question time, but before we turn to questions I invite the First Minister to update the Parliament on the latest situation with the Covid pandemic.