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We want the orders to work on a par with previous orders. However, to the best of our knowledge, there has been no negative impact, and any impact has been minimal.
In summary, I recognise the importance of ensuring that our public authorities have regard to their equality duties when exercising any functions. I consider these SSIs to be the best approach to ensure that that happens.
Like other members, I wonder how we can best work with other committees. As well as having strong relationships across Parliaments, we need to have them across the committees in our Parliament.
Linked to that, we have a workplace innovation specialist, who also engages in conversations about how to get the best performance and how an employer can improve productivity by being the best employer that it can be for its employees.
There is huge amount of work in promoting Scotland as the best place to come, and the awards that have been given to our marine tourism experiences show that Scotland is the best place to come.
Scotland has been one of the most proactive parts of the UK in participating in European debates and fora, and it might, through seeing best practice and not feeling left on the sidelines, gain from having interlocutors in other parts of Europe.