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One of them is that the Scottish Government should either “Directly set the rate which all children will receive for their 1,140 hours”, or “Provide funding ... direct to parents through either a voucher scheme or ... an online portal which allows nurseries to be funded directly.”
I think that Audrey Nicoll may have a question for us online. Good morning to the panel. I hope that you can see me—I have a wee bit of a problem with the light in my room.
It is nice to have you here in person. Joining us online from Audit Scotland, supporting Mr Boyle, are Derek Hoy, audit manager, and Leigh Johnston, senior manager.
It is obvious that non-domestic rates are under great threat from technological change—I am thinking about the growth of online sales versus high streets. The nature of capital in the economy is changing.
I thank Antony Clark and Shelagh Stewart, who joined us online this morning, and, as always, I thank you, Auditor General, for producing the briefing and answering our questions on it. 10:19 Meeting continued in private until 11:34.
In the past year, I think that 3,000 participants have come along to those online events. I support the events, which are a great opportunity to have one-to-one conversations with firms of all different sizes about the problems that they experience or the things that work for them.
I guess that some of that will be because GPs’ practices are changing and that you are now seeing people online as opposed to in person. Where is the GP system at the moment?
I once again welcome Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland, who joins us in the committee room. We are joined online by Gordon Smail, audit director; Rebecca Seidel, senior manager; and Douglas Black, audit manager in performance audit and best value.
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