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Professor Miles was right to point out that there could be a recession and weak productivity growth but that we could also get much higher productivity growth.
We have placed great effort on working with employers to make sure that apprenticeship standards are up to date and fit for the workplace of tomorrow, not the workplace of 20 years ago.
In the session before the Easter recess, we heard evidence from Professor Sparks, who spoke about policy decisions over the years that have caused harm to town centres.
The Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 contained such a provision with Section 1 subsections (5) to (7) giving Scottish Ministers power, by order approved by the Scottish Parliament, to modify the date of the referendum to a later date.
Given those comments and the fact that we are still in recession—or in a second recession—it is hard to work up enthusiasm for the bill or to conclude that it is the right time to introduce such measures.
I will update Parliament on revised delivery dates for Scottish carers assistance and dates for completion of case transfer of Scottish clients who are in receipt of carers allowance, once the re-planning work is complete.
Indeed, many have carried out monitoring exercises not only on the recession’s impact with regard, for example, to the implications of reduced revenue, but on the general impact of welfare reform on their local areas.