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However, that could slip into September if negotiations prove difficult. Thank you. What is your best guess on whether agreement will be reached through the negotiation process?
I ask you to be succinct and to the point in your answers, as that would be very helpful. I will do my best, convener. Thank you.I will start off by raising the issue of skills gaps, which has come up in evidence.
If that is the case, do you agree that it is economically important to get as many of our people as possible connected to the rest of the world in the best way possible and that broadband is one of the ways of doing that?
The ambition behind the energy security proposal is to try to secure a better way of engaging with neighbouring states to secure free-flowing, stable oil supplies.A lot of work is being done on the supergrid in the EU just now, because it is viewed as the best way of connecting the northern part of Europe—around the North Sea—with mainland Europe.
We want to discuss and consult on how such orders will operate and look at best practice south of the border and in Northern Ireland to see how the orders can apply here.
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Date answered:
24 March 2021
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