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The processes are all good but it is not delivering the outcomes that ministers want, and I think that realisation is there. I spoke to the new Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work when he got his new job, and procurement came up very strongly.
There is on-going monitoring of centres as part of our quality assurance and verification processes. We also build into any new centre that is approved a centre operating agreement, which reflects the latest in legislation.
The real-terms cut in the Scottish Government’s budget of 11 per cent over five years and the cut of 26 per cent in capital expenditure are what the union offers Scotland.
The 700MHz band would have some benefit in Scotland; it would not be the same as that with, say, the 26 to 28GHz spectrum, but it has the potential that I have outlined.