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The biggest pressure against any bits of ground anywhere that were identified as potential to be developed was their being sat on because of their potential for private house development, until the financial recession of 2008 kind of brought that to an end.
In the previous debate on the subject a matter of weeks ago, the transport minister and I apologised unreservedly on two separate occasions to those island communities. During the Easter recess, I visited constituents by travelling on the very vessels on which they rely.
The pandemic has caused huge challenges in the labour market and exacerbated some of the trends that were under way prior to the recession. The retail sector has shrunk considerably in a short period of time, and it may not recover to where it was before.
The options appraisal process is still underway and is moving into a testing phase shortly, after which the Programme Board will make its recommendations to me. No date has yet been set for this. S5W-19431
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 September 2018
The Scottish Government is currently engaging with stakeholders to inform the form and content of the proposed consultation on nicotine vapour products. No date or time period for the consultation has yet been fixed.
Are you able to help the committee understand when precisely before recess the Government became aware that there would be a shortage, and how much time elapsed after that date before it first informed Parliament of the situation?