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The remit must be wide ranging.There is a real difficulty with funding. The proposal that I have heard is that HS might provide pump-priming money and that it might fund a secretariat.
I will discuss how we have tried to introduce service developments and perhaps my colleagues will answer the wider funding question.An example of our approach to service development is the fast-track hearings implementation group.
A slight contradiction is emerging between those who say that funding needs to be linked to clearer outcomes and the realities of competitive funding, and those who say that we need flexibility.
This increased funding is to ensure there is provision for the increase in the quality of service and workforce required to meet the SSSC registration requirements.
One way in which the service of general economic interest funding can be used is to develop loan guarantee schemes to protect credit unions when a loan is not repaid.
As we establish the new transport agency and develop expertise—which has been sadly lacking for too long in Scotland—in the new schemes, we will get better at identifying costs and likely timescales.We must also be flexible about how we fund projects.