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Caithness and North Sutherland is a region with decades of pipeline activity, but because of net zero we are competing over skills and there is a worry that this will get worse.
We have made recommendations to that effect. We referred to the pilot activity that is being undertaken. Those are the kinds of steps that the Government, working with partners in local authorities, has to get right with the private providers.
You look at competencies and you do a total at the end, but the person who gets the job is not always the person who gets the highest total of points, because you look at things in the round.
Both unions have been clear about wanting to work with and engage with us to get to the right outcome. When we talk about active engagement politically, we are also referring to engagement with the trade unions.
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.