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We will continue to co-operate with partners, including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, to ensure that we get this right as we move forward. We will not wait until NCS comes into play.
We have the support ready to be provided here. The bit in the middle is getting the visa applications granted so that people can start to arrive in numbers.
People who come here from Ukraine have a right to work and to benefits and public funds, so we will ensure that people are aware of, and get access to, services such as those that Mr Coffey mentions.
Having worked in the offshore industry, I know the challenges of getting skilled workers, and getting them in the right place at the right time to deliver advanced manufacturing projects.
Every reasonable person recognises the impact of Covid on not only libraries, but many of the other services that local authorities deliver. There will be a period of getting back to normal and of again reconfiguring services that had to be reconfigured at the start of Covid.
I do not know whether the member is suggesting that we should get rid of IOCCO. If so, it is for the UK Government to get rid of IOCCO and replace it with something else.