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On a positive note, we found that entry points through participation opportunities that are facilitated by the Parliament’s participation and communities team have increased. That includes virtual site visits, briefings for committee members and focus group consultations.
We can find genetic material from Covid in the sewage around the country so, depending on where the sewage sites are and how small or big they are, we can tell in rough terms where Covid is.
We have a contact centre, and the vast majority of its capability will now be delivered by operators working in different locations, rather than in large teams on a single site, which massively reduces the impact on them.
Through its joint venture, Standard Life employs 6,500 people in China and has 26 offices, but there is now a moratorium on its growth and it is unable to open any more offices, for reasons that the Chinese Government has not quite explained yet.
Members will know that the previous Labour Government, through the child tax benefits and the working tax credits, made a considerable difference to child poverty.
It is a bit rich of SNP ministers to shed crocodile tears for the future of our NHS workforce and to express their concerns for those who are looking to study in Scotland, given the SNP Government’s record.
We have shown in Scotland that the conservation credit scheme is working. For example, Scottish discards of North Sea cod have reduced overall by nearly half since 2007, from 6,500 tonnes to 3,500 tonnes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 November 2007
To build on the last part of your answer, your submission noted a survey showing that about 26 per cent of the workforce was made up of international workers.