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We also need to think much more about the role of short courses, which other economies use to promote skills such as coding. In Scotland, short courses in coding have been successful, and people who have retrained have quickly moved into higher-value jobs because there is a demand for those skills in the labour marke...
We will know where the employment is and might be able, from knowing the industry coding of plants that underlie big companies, to make assumptions about where the R and D activity takes place.
No apologies have been received.Item 1 is the declaration of interests, in accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct for members of the Scottish Parliament.
However, by itself it does not guarantee a decent income. For example, a person can be in receipt of the living wage, but on a zero-hours or part-time contract and, therefore, not in receipt of an adequate income.
The £74 million will therefore remain held in reserve and will be available for deployment in the future to address any shortfalls in tax receipts. In accordance with our agreement with HM Treasury, the income tax position has been funded in full in line with the forecast.
Decision Time Before we move to a decision, I ask members to refresh their voting app. There is no need to re-enter the code. We will put the PIN in the BlueJeans chat function for those members who are joining us online.
The Scottish Government will produce guidance for stakeholders to assist their understanding of the legislation and the application of the two codes. The main effect of the 2020 regulations is to adopt the EU list of invasive species of concern as the Scottish list of species of special concern and to enable the Scottish ministers to amend that list by reg...
Are we happy and content that, despite that unregulated aspect of the process, it followed the code of practice? Yes. Thank you. Are there any other questions?