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Let us focus on enabling farms and crofts of all sorts of different sizes and types to focus on what they do best and also to make sure that they do their part on the bits that they are second best at.
We do not really know what is going on with labour market inactivity, because that survey is the best source of that data. There is a UK-wide problem, but we feel it particularly in Scotland.
We need to work out an age-appropriate level of understanding of how AI works for the different ages and stages and the best way of putting that across. That is the knowledge that is important.
Because of Covid and other complications, no one else was found to do the work and, by that point, we were pursuing primary legislation. My position is that it would be best to get the bill through and then to consider what monitoring is required.