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I want to focus on the aspects of the bill that will create criminal offences, and specifically on the approach of prohibiting behaviours rather than specific activities. I would like to get your perspective on that and your sense of how that would work.
Accordingly, the consequences of inaction are not promising either. Mass job losses can produce long-term economic scarring that possibly takes decades to reverse.
The employment rate fell over the quarter in Scotland, despite the number of men entering work increasing.
The economic inactivity rate was unchanged over the quarter, and is still higher than the UK overall.
That would be a purely practical way for it to get on with business. It is probably an example of what we discussed previously, convener, about how we get there.