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That measure is in there because our activity in that area is about half of our regional selective assistance activity and it is the activity that is geared towards job creation.
I did not do that, first, because I thought that it was more important to get on with it and, secondly, because we really need to get into the nitty-gritty around some of James Withers’s recommendations.
Have the members of the trust been quite active and involved? When you say that the members of the incorporation and the members who have been paying in know what is going on, does that mean that they are quite active in the fund?
From what I have observed and read, the problem is much bigger in some cities in England. We do not want to get to that point in Scotland, so let us get ahead of the situation and try to put intervention and collaboration in place to make a difference.
We need a system in which businesses know that if they invest in developing a site, they will get planning permission in good time and good order.We need to tackle the rates of high economic inactivity.