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No doubt were we still in that universe, we would have been sitting here talking about many, many SIs and SSIs. Now, at least, we are in the more fortunate position that we are not doing so.
In the area of capacity and capability, I was alarmed that the report highlights that there is a significant churn in staffing, that many staff who are in sponsorship at the moment are inexperienced and that many posts are vacant.
If, in the autumn, it becomes clear to everybody that, in practice, we need a de facto extension in many areas of the relationship, the hunt will be on to find a relatively painless legal mechanism through which to do that.
Those discussions have thrown up points on which we accept that small changes will provide additional clarity or help to de-risk the scheme’s implementation.