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I welcome our witnesses for this agenda item: Caroline Gardner is Auditor General for Scotland, Claire Sweeney is audit director for performance and best value, and Leigh Johnston is senior manager for performance and best value; they are all from Audit Scotland.
We are talking with local authorities about how those services are best delivered. The business gateway might be the best way in which to do that, but those discussions are still evolving.
A lot of large companies have their headquarters in West Lothian, so we need some of the best talent to stay there, but people are still leaving and going to Glasgow or Edinburgh.
It is therefore incumbent on us all to do what we can to support those women and help them as best we can. Like others, I also welcome the women in the public gallery.
That will mean that only wealthy kids can be in bands that can take up such opportunities. Ugh! The best bands that I know came from the working class.
The importance and value of such transitional arrangements is broadly understood as being in the best interests of all parties concerned—the UK, Ireland and the broader European Union.
That is in stark contrast to what is going on in England, where the role has been put in place as a test to find out what best practice looks like. That approach has its problems.
It is estimated that ownership of around 10 per cent of assets has transferred over the past year; it is crucial that assets are in the best hands in order to maximise economic recovery.
Whenever possible—there is a lot of interpretation around these things, as we have described—we will seek to exert influence to get the best possible architecture in place. That is the Eurostat question.