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The policy is not being challenged, perhaps because people think that it cannot be challenged or because not many cases are being rejected on the basis of that policy.
None of that is helped by the continuing pressure on public sector pay and the many changes to pension taxation that we have talked about in this committee before.
In the Highlands and Islands we have many fragile areas, such as remote peninsulas, that are equally as challenged as those that are totally surrounded by water.
However, the workforce plans for how many people we want in different locations and what jobs and skills we need in each location iterate and are adjusted all the time.