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However, it perhaps does not sit well enough with what will come in from the Lands Tribunal, so we are looking to change that. We are actively considering how to get that right through amendments.
The employment rate also increased over the year at a higher rate the the UK overall. The inactivity rate fell in Scotland over the quarter and the year at a higher rate then the UK.
The best practice procedures should be followed. There are issues about active and inactive shareholders. It is crucial that we consider how that circle can be squared.
When people come to the end of their term, they need to be replaced, so there are spikes in activity in some years and there is less activity in others.
Implementation of the self-directed support strategy will be subject to ongoing monitoring and review through the activity of the national Self-directed Support Implementation Group.
The Committee was concerned to learn from the report, that Transport Scotland was recording active travel funding as spent while it was being held in partner’s accounts.
Alastair Nairn from the Scottish Tenant Farmers' Association (STFA) noted that the tenanted sector is moving from long term to short term tenancies and that this can have an impact on a tenant farmer's willingness and ability to invest the time and resources into climate change mitigation activity. He said—
If someone has a 10-year lease, they will probably put on their soil the nutrients that they need to get them to year 8.