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We asked why those things were happening and were told that, post-Covid, there was rapid inflation in bills for travel, hotels and meals and that the existing process for expenses was straining at the seams.
There are also effective measures that are working really well, including through the rapid rehousing transition plan, housing first—which has already been mentioned—housing options and local poverty mitigation plans.
We have the opportunity to lead the way not only in the UK but across the world, but we are letting this moment pass us at a rapid pace. The reality is that, in Scotland, we have fallen behind other UK nations in our HIV response.
I want to ask about some of the points that were made in the report “Just Transition for Workers and Communities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: Rapid Evidence Review”. Section 4.6 is titled “Lack of local control”.
We have engaged across all sectors at the levels of principle and of operational implications and trying to quantify what the demand might be. In particular, we set up a rapid review group in which Police Scotland and the Crown Office were engaged.
We are going to be decarbonising the grid at a rapid rate. Do we want to use all of that to produce green hydrogen or do we want to use it to produce the electricity that is going to run electric vehicles and be used for heat pumps?
My next question is for Alison Watson. In your estimation, will our rapid rehousing transition plan and ending homelessness together action plan, along with the £20 million to tackle the shortage of accommodation for the Travelling community, get us where we need to be?