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How do we ensure that we achieve the decoupling that, as John Barrett said, we have not achieved to date? Are you able to say anything about the emissions reductions that will result from the recession in different sectors of the economy?
One important thing about updates is the dates on which they happen. I am sure that everybody is looking at the dates when measures are current, because those will change regularly.
The Scottish Government is seeking parliamentary approval for the bill in advance of the summer recess. With the core foundations of the tax in place, we will then set tax rates and tax bands through secondary legislation in the autumn.
I was aware that there was a slippage in the contract delivery date, and I think that Parliament was also aware of that at that point, because I think that Derek Mackay had already advised it of the initial slippage in the delivery date.
One of the benefits will be to stimulate a little bit of employment or re-employment in the legal profession, especially of young lawyers who might have been casualties of the recession. We are working through the process and adding to what we have.
In the past, I worked with 54 local authorities, and I am working with another 32. I am at date 28 of a 32-date tour of meetings with every local authority chief executive, which is taking place on top of a lot of other touring.
We are still outperforming the rest of the UK in house building in Scotland, even after the recession. The member is talking about pre-recession, private house building.
I look to other European countries large and small that, despite the global economic recession, have youth unemployment rates of less than 10 per cent.