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Building on that work, the position paper that the Scottish Government produced in November gives a lot more clarity and depth on how we would plan to do that in the new environment in which we find ourselves.
Has that ensured that people and organisations take the reporting seriously and will produce reports annually? They are obliged to do that, but many are choosing not to give the information that is required.
We have local fruit farms in one of the best fruit-growing areas of the UK, never mind Scotland, but some fruit farms have already made decisions to stop producing soft fruits because of the issues that they will have in accessing labour.
The data has been very interesting and has produced significant insights for us. I am happy to say more about specific aspects of the research, if you would like me to do so.
One of the statistics that stood out for me in a survey that was produced by the insurance industry was that 92 per cent of businesses have inadequate or no relevant insurance.
FFP3 masks are exceptionally uncomfortable to wear. They produce skin irritation and indentations on the face because they fit so snugly, as they have to do.
Our work together on that has been positive and has undoubtedly produced a better bill than we had at the start of the process and in the run-up to 2008.
Scotland’s population is at a record high, yet the Office for National Statistics produced a report in March 2019 that highlights that Scottish voter registration dropped in 65 per cent of council wards between December 2017 and December 2018.