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Our strengths tend to be in employment: although our unemployment figures are fairly comparable with the UK as a whole, we are stronger on positive destinations.
We have also commissioned some desk-based research on the charter of local self-government and how the UK and Scotland compare against it. Some steps are in motion that may lead to further discussions, probably early in the new year.
People should take hope that a much more positive future is available, compared to the divisions of the current debate or simply returning to the Britain of the past.
Although receipts would likely be small compared with total public sector infrastructure spend, they would have a positive impact on infrastructure delivery by, for example, levering in other funding.
I will kick off the questioning by asking whether the panel has any comments on the changes to the NPF as published, compared with the draft that went out for consultation at the beginning of last year.