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Immigration inquiry
The Committee built on its earlier work on EU Migration and EU Citizens’ Rights by initiating an inquiry to explore how the UK’s immigration policy can best respond to Scotland’s demographic and skills needs.
I encourage local authorities to look at the procurement best practice that is out there in certain places, and I will certainly do everything possible to facilitate the exporting of information about that best practice.
However, on balance, it is probably best to allow local authorities that flexibility, so I accept the rationale that is at play.Questions still remain in my mind about the bill’s efficacy.
The Government will be considering with the commission and other stakeholders how best to address any gaps in certain types of data and the scope for capturing more data in all the equality strands.