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A lot of people from different sectors who have appeared before the committee have expressed a need for EU migrants in their sectors, in particular in agriculture.
It also expressed concern about the fact that, as it has ascertained, a service in one part of the country can be delivered for a significantly different cost at the same quality in another part.
We are well aware that a lot of concerns were expressed about it. Quite a lot of stakeholders commented that they had issues with various aspects of it, although I think that it is fair to add that others welcomed it—in particular, they welcomed the use of deprivation.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to tailor its services in any test sites that may be established in Scotland as a result of proposals contained in the UK Welfare Reform Bill.
To ask the Scottish Executive what work has already been undertaken to establish a community casualty facility at the five sites designated in A Picture of Health.
Another main theme of the report is flexibility. Concerns have been expressed that the UK Government might want to constrain this Parliament’s fiscal flexibility, just as concern has been expressed that it appears to be trying to constrain our social security flexibility in some of the provisions in the Scotland Bill...
In this discussion—I am sure that Mr McMahon will appreciate the way in which I express this point—we have to be mindful of the efficiency and the cost of operation of these services.
The draft youth employment strategy was warmly welcomed, but I took on board the views that the Parliament expressed when we debated it a few months ago.