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As Mr Chapman alluded to, we will compare the first three months of this year with the first three months of last year to get an indication of how many extra investigations that will lead us to do.
Those who suggest that should maybe go out to Washington to have a look at how that work takes place, the connections that the office has, and the extra value that it brings to Scottish business.
If there is, I would not hesitate to go to ministers and say that we need to fill the gap and that we need an extra board member or two extra board members.
First, I want to recognise the hard work being done by the social landlords and tenant bodies who have worked tirelessly and gone the extra mile during the pandemic, and also the volunteers who work hard on registered social landlords committees.
Those in the agency have delivered an exceptionally high performance for the clients they are there to serve. I pay particular tribute to the extra 200 staff who have met each other—and indeed everyone else—only virtually since they started.
There are particular places where we would want those individuals to work. In addition, there will be extra clinical staff simply to fill rotas who may be happy to be deployed in any role.