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As the cabinet secretary is well aware from his visit to Ullapool on 18 April, no mobile phone signals were available in that area until well into the afternoon following the outage.
That is certainly the case with those providing such a valuable service to local communities. According to the latest figures, more than 180,000 people throughout Scotland have significant sight loss.
The SFC’s report, “Financial Sustainability of Colleges in Scotland 2020-21 to 2025-26”, recognises the worsening financial health of Scottish colleges.
There is already discussion about how we can afford to make the improvements that are needed to meet the current standards, and there are new standards coming from Europe. There are also new standards coming on air quality.
I express my disappointment, too. The committee heard evidence on 26 October 2010 from the UK and Scottish Government ministers during the previous parliamentary session.
Further, since 2006-07, the number of days that have been lost through sickness in Scotland has dropped from 3.7 million to 2.2 million—that is a drop of 42 per cent, compared with a drop of 26 per cent in the UK. What is driving that?