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There are discussions between the ferry companies and the crew, employees and their organisations about how they should do that on the individual contracts.
That is a profound challenge for public authorities, which are essentially used to thinking that if they can get on the “Today” programme, the front pages of the newspapers, BBC Scotland or whatever, they have got their message out there.
Agenda item 4 is consideration of our work programme, and we will not discuss the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill under that item, so Monica Lennon, rather than Sarah Boyack, is entitled to take part.
That could be the Fife industrial innovation investment programme or the Edinburgh innovation hub, through the Edinburgh and south-east Scotland city region deal.
To help to meet housing need, we are providing £3.6 million for the Orkney Isles through the affordable housing supply programme in this year’s budget. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer confirming the engagement that there has been with Orkney Islands Council, which I very much welcome.
We have been clear that payment reform must be only the first step in ensuring the sustainability of our dental services, which is why our programme for government sets out a number of actions to improve the NHS dental workforce now and in the future.
We have taken forward the Scottish patient safety programme perinatal programme, which has received a great deal of international commendation because of its focus on improving patient safety.