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If this is all sounding a bit raw, that is because one of the stories that you will hear from witnesses is that we have all waited a very long time to get to a point at which we might get a patient safety commissioner.
Transport Scotland and Network Rail are working closely with their industry partners and currently expect to deliver this transformational project by spring 2024. Construction activities are under way, with the first mile of track and drainage already completed.
I asked local authorities to look at how they can use the opportunity of the fund to get additional infrastructure in place and provide facilities to support people to use active travel options, whether they are moving around for their daily exercise or to commute to work.
We have found that, through the engagement process that we have had to date with industry, we are getting a lot of pointers that will be quite helpful for future compliance activity in Scotland for the businesses that are based in Scotland.
A lot of environmental land management may need a joint venture, either with the landlord or with another party, to get the activity going. It may not be the natural place for a farmer to undertake activity and they may not be comfortable about doing that with another partner....
I believe in trying not to disrupt committees if I can and in keeping people on a committee so that they can get comfortable and get to know the subject better.
With regard to awareness, FSS and the FSA are looking, as one of their activity streams, at increasing the surveillance activity that we call horizon scanning.