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I welcome the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, and Graeme Logan, who is director of learning at the Scottish Government.
As you will know from press coverage—we do not have an islands MSP on this committee—the impact on island communities, tourism and business on the islands has been significant over the summer.
Over the recess, I visited Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. I am a Highlands and Islands MSP, and the big issue for me is repeopling and keeping in place people who want to stay in their villages.
In October last year, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights, Alex Neil MSP, reassured himself that he had another year to reach the target.
That applies to the Scottish Government, every MSP, the UK Government, local government, banks, industry, the workforce and trade unions—in other words, to us all.
For example, at a recent briefing at North East Scotland College, it was highlighted to MSPs that the college was having difficulty attracting appropriate people to lecture on some oil and gas courses.
I wonder whether we should ensure that members get a choice about which floor their office is on in the MSP block. Some of us would choose to be at the top; others might not.