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When do you expect to get advice on that from the JCVI? Do you have a date or a timeframe for that? I do not have a date, but I know that it will be soon.
Similarly, the reasons for the failure to comply with that requirement are set out in a letter from the Scottish Government to the Presiding Officer. That letter, which is dated 3 December, is also available in our published papers.
The stats that were published earlier this week, and which were referred to, were the most up-to-date ones, and are contained in the labour market study.
For our further consideration, it might be helpful to have a response from the petitioner to get his views on the submissions that we have received to date. That is the response that we have not received thus far.
As we approach the summer recess, with still no confirmation of a start date, can the First Minister assure my constituents that RET will be introduced on our lifeline routes, as promised, before the end of the first half of 2018?
However, according to the clerk’s recent update, the operation is still on-going and we do not have a completion date for it. I ask the committee to consider and agree on what, if any, action it wishes to take in relation to the petition.
There is unprecedented demand—up 50 per cent—on the Scottish welfare fund; demand on food banks is up 81 per cent; and applications for universal credit are rocketing.
We continue to work to ensure that that information is up to date and that those stockpiles remain, given that the date for a possible no-deal Brexit has changed.