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As detailed in last week’s Programme for Government announcement, in order to lead the way on electric vehicles we plan to significantly expand our electric charging infrastructure between now and 2022, in rural, urban and domestic settings.
He is right on the point about culture, but would he acknowledge the points that Audit Scotland made in its 2022 report about the capacity of the Scottish Funding Council and its lack of focus on industry engagement?
We have that position, and it has been in operation since 2022. Thank you. That leads on quite nicely to another piece of work—I am stepping outside the bill for a moment, but I suppose that it is indirectly relevant.
In 2014, in primary schools, on average, in an eight-week period in May and June—we will not talk about 2022 because it was still affected by Covid—per pupil, per week, young people were getting about half an hour outdoors.
The Scottish Cluster found that it could support an average of 15,100 jobs between 2022 and 2050, comprising 6,200 direct jobs and 8,900 supply chain jobs.
It certainly allows the potential to have those discussions. To date, they have not taken that route, because it has largely been a resource efficiency issue to do with energy, water and other materials.