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Part of the objective of the Public Health Scotland work is to identify not only patients who were discharged who had had a positive Covid test, but the date on which they had that test. That information determines whether they were infectious at the point of discharge.
As of last week, eight of 15 authorities in Scotland had confirmed their data test date. We are in the process of working with another six authorities to confirm their dates, which should be confirmed in the next few days.
I will highlight one other point, of which I am sure the committee is well aware. A lot of the dates can be quite confusing, because everything is, in effect, happening two years after the event.
Colleagues who attended the Institution of Engineering and Technology event a couple of weeks ago will know that its report suggests that by 2022 we will need 147,000 engineers alone in Scotland to have the kind of growth in the economy that we want.
Mr Stewart, you spoke about local authorities and housing associations being reliant on their rental income to refurbish homes, to invest and to give banks assurances when they borrow money for new housing stock.
If they are aware of that, will you then follow that up at a later date to ensure they are implementing the action points and bringing the service up to the required standard?
In the case of the independence referendum, the legislation was passed nearly nine months before the referendum date. We know that it is doable to have legislation in place six months beforehand, but we also know that it is not practical in certain circumstances.