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I assume that it will target sectors that need to bring particular skill sets to Scotland and that it will do that in a more effective, co-ordinated way. I am happy to come back to the committee with more information once the service is launched.
As Gayle Findlay explained, the scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children works well. It is managed and well co-ordinated, so we have not had any difficulties with that locally.
Although the framework may improve the experience of victims and witnesses, it requires that action from all partners is co-ordinated and that there is a shared understanding of what it means to be person centred and trauma informed.
Therefore, the next lesson is: do less, but do it better. More random unco-ordinated and non-strategic initiatives thrown out in an attempt to grab headlines are the last thing that the economy needs.
For example, there is good community safety work where council wardens, the police and the fire service come together locally to do joint co-ordination tasks and they are working with housing officers and so on.
The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland does a great job of co-ordinating that. However, there might be a gap between those courses and getting enough skilled marine planners and people with an understanding of that within the regional marine planning systems, the local authorities and so on.
A reference group has been established to lead on co-ordinating that work. That will take a bit of time, but we acknowledge that waiting times for support are not where we would want them to be, which is why that investment has been made.
Scottish support agencies have co-ordinated humanitarian aid and support direct to the region; people have offered places to stay for those who are displaced by the war; and communities have stepped up to offer people a warm Scottish welcome.