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In addition, as I have said on a number of occasions, I am happy to meet representatives from all parties to discuss the way forward, as we consider how best to ensure that HIE is best placed to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future.
The consultation on the draft bill, which was launched last week, is about the mechanics of the referendum should we conclude that independence is the best or the only way to protect Scotland’s interests.
There is huge amount of work in promoting Scotland as the best place to come, and the awards that have been given to our marine tourism experiences show that Scotland is the best place to come.
As Caroline Gardner said, performance is patchy, but the best CPPs are measuring performance at whole-area level, within specific communities and among particular groups.
Therefore, the first solution is to work with the bill and, by improving the terms, make it the best that we can. The alternative is to go back to the drawing board and rethink how we approach the entire governance of the UK internal market.