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I have a comment to make before I begin my area of questioning: do not set arbitrary dates; just deal with the issues that are in the in-tray on dates that are appropriate for both parties.
In Westminster, committees have been able to meet during the recess because they have been meeting virtually—they have done that to a much greater extent than they have done during previous recesses.
The Scottish Government’s written response to the Committee dated 9 April 2018 explained that it did not support the Stage 2 amendments that made this change.
I am sure that Ian Rogers and Steven Dillon would agree that that is the one area where a hole in the market has emerged over the past nine or 10 years since the recession. That sector of house builders has disappeared in that time.
Over the summer period we will therefore continue our iterative recruitment exercise, as well as the approach that we have achieved to date. Will the cabinet secretary clarify how many contact tracers have actually been recruited?
Incredibly, the Government still has no accurate and up-to-date information, so it has no idea how many full-time equivalent GPs there are in Scotland.
A key aspect that needs to be addressed is that, given the additional costs faced by small-scale builders, many of which might not survive any coming recession, we need to look at the potential for more small-scale investments to be supported.
In order to make an informed decision, I will need to base it on the up-to-date analysis that the external auditors will carry out of individual colleges.