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To what extent does the fact that there is no agreed definition of economic development activity present a problem? It comes across in the report that it is extremely difficult to get a picture of the full landscape of support and of exactly where public money is going.
We cannot send any old individual up an electricity pole to reconnect the supply—it defies belief that we are getting such suggestions. When it comes to the financial issues, we have activated the Bellwin scheme.
The framework is very specifically focused on trying to get away from a model of trickle-down economics that says that, if we just focus on the economy, everything else will get on better.
As I said in my previous appearance before the committee, my aspiration is that we get it right first time in every instance, but I recognise that, realistically, that will not be the case, and that there will be times when we do not get it right.
First, exhibit 1, which is a graph, shows that there is a growing gap between spending and projected funding. That gap is getting bigger. Do you see that situation simply getting worse?
We are still struggling to bring voids across the social rented sector back into use because there are now difficulties in organising the work, both in getting the workforce in place and in getting supplies of materials.