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I suppose that the issue touches on youth work and activity aspects, too, because even if those are being provided for free, there are barriers and things that get in the way.
Future reporting 11. In the first activity report submitted to the SPCB (November 2017), it was highlighted that the IRO would look at new methods of publicising the Parliament’s international activity.
In any big-scale programme, there will always be people who perhaps get missed and do not get an appointment letter, or who do not get an appointment where it is convenient, and the system will try to be as flexible as possible.
The ITS may also be used for managing any back-up of traffic caused by works on the Forth road bridge, for example. It is very much a non-critical activity, in terms of the project. We will be able to get the bus lane running on the Fife ITS.
Will the cabinet secretary agree that it is scandalous that three years after the Brexit vote farmers still do not, due to Tory inaction, have any certainty or clarity about their workforces?
None of that lets the UK Government off the hook for its inaction or its damaging actions. Independent expert advice from the poverty and inequality commission rightly focuses on devolved powers, but it also recognises that there are factors outwith our control that make our job harder and have an impact on progress.
Of course, that might change shortly, but the Tories should take some responsibility for their inaction on supporting the Scottish economy in their time in office.