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Blanket repeal would have caused chaos since many areas of social and economic life would have reverted to out-of- date regulatory regimes (some pre-dating the UK’s accession to the EU) or no regulatory regime at all. 5.
The 2023/24 mass of food and drink exports is 10% below the pre-pandemic figure for 2019/20.
Non- EU: The mass of exports has increased by 15% between 2016/17 and 2023/24 but is 0.4% below the pre-pandemic figure for 2019/20.
It goes on to state that the Scottish Government recognises “the need to reset the public sector following the COVID-19 pandemic, including by returning to a pre-pandemic size”. From Audit Scotland’s perspective, how realistic is it to return the public sector to its pre-pandemic size?
The Scottish Government should regularly monitor whether there is any opportunity for the pre-application consultation process to be reinstated earlier.