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The Edinburgh region deal was welcomed by Fife Council on 20 July, but by 26 July, you were saying: “I am disappointed by the level of funding directly focused on Fife”.
On money that is due to be paid back, would Stuart McMillan reflect on the more than £10 billion in fiscal transfer that is paid by the rest of the UK to Scotland?
We work closely with Scottish Renewables because a lot of the skills are transferable as well. Tidal power, offshore wind and carbon capture and storage are important areas, as are the opportunities around decommissioning and so on.
We are using the new powers that have been transferred through the Scotland Act 2016 to remove fees for employment tribunals because a strong legal framework protects women—and, indeed, all workers—only if they can access justice.
If you see the objective of the Scotland Bill as being, “How few powers can we transfer to keep everyone quiet?”, the current proposals work very well.