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I know that that is close to the cabinet secretary’s thinking, so we are today calling for a new infrastructure investment programme, starting with a house-building programme and an existing homes investment programme.
I start by reminding everybody to switch off their mobile phones, because they may interfere with the broadcasting system.We have an innovation today, in that some committee members are using tablets to access meeting papers, which have been marked up in such a way as to assist that process. I remind members who are using electronic devices that it would be...
11:15 The SGF runs two very successful programmes on behalf of the Scottish Government: the Healthy Living Programme, which we have been running since 2004; and the go local programme, which is now in its fourth or fifth year.
That includes some slippage due to recruitment issues and digital aspects of the programme. The estimated reduction in the NCS line is around £15 million.
The programme’s digital inclusion element has been really important, and the funding has helped 5,000 older and disabled people to get online and tackle isolation and digital exclusion.
To ask the Scottish Government what action is can take against companies that receive public money but then leave their employees and creditors unpaid. Company and employment law are matters which are currently reserved to the UK Government.