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I ask Fiona Brown to give you a bit more of an insight into the STPR2 engagement process and the issues that that is starting to flush out in the feedback that we have had to date. As Gail Ross correctly said, we undertook workshops and stakeholder feedback sessions last year.
Obviously, there are lots of connections between the arts and the sciences, so people absolutely have a point, but we have not done any research on that to this date. Will you perhaps look at that in the future?
If there is an increase or decrease for the Scottish Government, that will need to work its way through the system and there will have to be a date at which that is reconciled. In essence, the reconciliation process is described in the fiscal framework and its technical annex.
If all that the great repeal bill says is that EU law as it stands on a certain date is deemed to be part of UK law, that makes the legislative process very easy.
Schools’ policies have to reflect that updating, and schools must ensure that, when they discuss such issues with young people, they use current and up-to-date information. That is an on-going issue, and it reflects national guidance.
There are beggars in our car parks and shopping centres and beside our bank machines. Many people are intimidated by them, yet we fail to deal with the issue.