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However, the merger has to be done right. It is clear that the integration date is unachievable. The BTPF describes the merger date of April 2019 as a “cliff-edge scenario”.
We would go from a record low to a level not far off that which was reached at the depth of the last recession, with all the human cost that that would entail.
In early March 2023, the Committee agreed to take evidence on the DRS to understand more about the Scheme’s readiness ahead of the launch date of 16 August 2023. (The Scottish Government has since announced that it proposes to delay the launch date to March 2024.)
That did not go ahead and it now has no date for those vaccinations. I am glad that we are having the debate, as perhaps we can have some clarity on that issue.