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I was struck by how, in one of their submissions, the petitioners expressed a frustration that the significant questions that they had flagged up had simply not been answered in the Scottish Government’s submission.
I understand why there is a caveat, but that caveat is an open-ended possibility of other items being brought in. It was first expressed in the JMC process as being there just in case there were any items that had been overlooked.
If the regulations were annulled, it would mean that provision for those in receipt of universal credit seeking to claim council tax reduction would not be as up to date as it could be.
She is aware of my interest in the area and my concern that Scottish producers may not be able to capitalise on the high-end tax credit that came into place on 1 April.
I regret that it is not something that I am close to myself, but we can arrange for the SPA view to be expressed back to the committee. I have a follow-up question.
No decisions have been made on what that transformation would look like, and the transformation process will involve liaison and discussion with staff, partners and the public.
I suppose that it is relevant that I am now Fergus Ewing’s parliamentary liaison officer. In my area we have major connectivity issues that need to be looked at, involving roads, rail and broadband—everything that a rural area needs help with.
Therefore, we need to find alternative ways of getting to them, whether those involve setting up roadshows and so on or piggybacking on the media that they use, such as social networking sites. I support the views that have been expressed.