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(S4O-02038) The latest employment figures, which were published earlier this month, indicate that we are seeing positive results from our efforts to date. Youth unemployment in Scotland has fallen by 29,000 in the past year, to 65,000.
A prospectus to market the business has been prepared, and a closing date of the end of this week has been set for indicative offers to be made.Partnership action for continuing employment will provide direct support to the affected workforce.
Our efforts in Scotland provide more rigour and analysis, and are more up to date with regard to understanding the baseline position and the measures that are needed for us meet our annual targets.
We will have a bit more time to deal with the referendum stuff later.The next matter is to decide on the date of the next meeting. From what we have seen of the parliamentary calendar, the most intense activity around committees is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so it looks as if Thursday will be the best slot in which to hold this committee, if members are co...
I will not go down the “I am the evidence” route, but I was disappointed that, on the same date, you asked a question that speculated on what might happen to energy bills in an independent Scotland.
To say that we are engaged in an inquiry does not reflect the time that we have spent on the inquiry to date. We have had roughly 10 evidence sessions so far—they have taken up a large chunk of the year since January.
It would be very useful to get an up-to-date viewpoint. Hitherto, it has always been the case that there was no significant likelihood of risk to the population, but, as Sandra said, 10 years on we should look to see if the position has advanced at all.
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13 November 2012
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Therefore, I believe that the living wage is a compelling proposition, not just because of the social benefits or because of the impact that it has on the families who are the hardest hit by the recession, but because it makes economic sense.