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I believe very strongly that where there is a difference of opinion about the best way forward, the best thing to do is to allow people to choose the best way forward.
That said, in Scotland, we are in third or fourth place in terms of having the best sickness rate. Looking across other boards for a benchmarking comparison, we are in the upper quartile for sickness absence.
We feel like we’ve been abused and ignored by the very people supposed to have our best interests at heart.” The committee is clear on what must happen next.
We cannot have the emergency services learning out in open water—we need the pools to train them to their best capacity to be able to go and save lives.
If they make their way into the act—we have to consider that at stage 1—how might the process best take account of crofting communities and local contexts?