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It includes Mark Thompson from the Judge business school at the University of Cambridge, and Alan Brown from the University of Surrey. The group’s role is to identify international best practice and to challenge us on whether we are following it, which they have done successfully.
I bring the committee’s attention to a paper on the health of the soil that was written by a fellow called Graeme Sait, in which humus is described as “the soil glue that determines whether the rivers run brown” when it rains. It is “the thin veil of topsoil that sustains” the soil.
I welcome to the meeting the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Keith Brown MSP; and George Burgess, deputy director, EU and international trade and investment policy, and Russell Bain, team leader, analysis and policy, both in the Scottish Government.
Or public bodies for which you are responsible. Would Mr Brown like to comment on the point at which a non-investment property becomes an investment property?
He is accompanied by his colleagues Paul Martin, director of the health workforce directorate; Alex Smith, director of the health finance directorate, and Alistair Brown, deputy director of the health delivery directorate.
What are members’ views on inviting Keith Brown along? I would be keen to have the minister along to discuss the PSOs, but I have a separate view on the RET petition.