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We moved quickly to announce the exceptional activation of the scheme to provide emergency financial assistance to councils in the north of Scotland, which include Western Isles Council.
Whether there should be a change is a good question, but I will not develop that point tonight.The national work force group has three active sub-groups, which I will explain.
If someone has a short-term contract, they will not hang about if they get a better offer. However, if someone has a two or three-year contract, as opposed to a one-year contract, they might stay.
If a particular area that had a high level of black and ethnic-minority people was not getting access to particular services, that would be a cause for concern.
I wonder whether that is to do with getting the mechanisms up and running for the new financial year and, if so, whether we need to make haste on any decisions that we have to take.