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I am thinking in particular of Scottish companies such as the Royal Bank of Scotland that have been very successful in expanding their operations overseas.
Is the minister aware that Norway's current oil and gas reserve is worth £50 billion in the bank, providing the Norwegian public purse with an income of more than £600 million a year?
First, the reason that the Executive advanced for the breach of the 21-day rule was, in this case, honest, if novel: the officials concerned were on holiday. That is not a good enough reason, so we will mention it in passing.
They are thus responsible for significant spend, which in the year 2021/2022 will amount to at least £10 Billion covering over half of the combined health and social care budgets.
The main weakness was that, during the year, the corporate body did not perform the necessary periodic reconciliations between its bank accounts and its accounting ledger.
Yesterday, the Executive performed a U-turn on the St Andrew's Day BankHoliday (Scotland) Bill. I recognise that the Executive is not programmed for any more than one U-turn in a four-year period.