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Colin put his finger on it: this is not about business getting everything that it wants and saying to the Government, “Get out of the way—business knows best.”
The chair would have a monthly salary comparable to what she or he has earned before and not more than that. As for the members, they will get very little. They will get compensation only for income that they did not get.
We have a very good record in Scotland on inactivity rates and low unemployment rates as opposed to the rest of the United Kingdom, but we still have a lot to do, and a lot more can be done.