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I understand that the witnesses have attended that committee this morning.I thank the Scottish Executive officials for coming. They can assume that we have read the papers that have been sent to us.
Since 1993, the proportion of the working-age population without qualifications has dropped from 26 per cent to 16 per cent. Around half of our young people undertake higher education.
If the committee tells me the points that the petition raises on which it needs further information, I can furnish that information before you make your official response. Would that help? Yes.
We deliberately targeted a particular area of Fife, Rosyth, because the naval base there was moving away. The site was being converted into a Europarc and there were lots of new things happening.