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We are thinking carefully about how and when we best report on Scotland’s public sector workforce, given the changes that have happened in the intervening period.
At the turn of this year, the bòrd was considered an example of best practice by our own auditors. We value the committee’s input today into the national consultation.
Using the models that I, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and others have access to, our best estimate is that we are not on track to achieve the interim or final targets.
No one is suggesting any impropriety on the part of Governments in the response to the health crisis—everybody is trying to do their best, I am sure. The issue is much more of a downstream one.
I ask members to please check out the shadow pandemic campaign on the UN Women website. One of the best ways to tackle gender-based violence is by education.
All in all, it was the Parliament at its best. I am conscious that I have only four minutes, so I will try to rattle through the issues that I think are most relevant to the debate.
Some people are facing difficult times, and we are doing our best to ensure that people are not walking away with two or three times the amount of money that they should get.