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When the committee last took evidence, the feedback was that 30 per cent of third sector organisations were not confident that they could survive until March, and only a few were confident that they would survive.
In January, I came in to head up the licensing team in the justice directorate of the Scottish Government. On 18 March, I had to be whisked away to head up the safer communities and justice directorate Covid hub.
All of it had to be developed at pace after we announced that schools required to close on 20 March. I asked the SQA to develop an alternative approach to certification, to ensure that young people could receive awards this year.
When we took evidence at the round-table session on 17 March 2020, we spoke about the processes for supporting children who have experienced abuse, and Sandy Brindley suggested that we would need a separate approach or a separate bill.
We cannot have that many people descending on Glasgow and a march of several hundred thousand people in the middle of the city without there being an impact.
The money was used to aid repairs to war memorials throughout Scotland from April 2013 to March 2018. The programme supported the repair and conservation of about 125 projects all told, and the support has not ended.
I neglected to say earlier that we have apologies from Stewart Stevenson and Angus MacDonald, so that is on the record now. At its next meeting on 3 March, the committee will take evidence on draft regulations establishing a register of persons holding a controlled interest in land and draft regulations on the right to buy land to further sustainable devel...