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Before closing, I want to recognise the vital contribution of Rhoda Grant MSP as a strong voice for the Highlands and Islands for a number of years and I wish her the best for the future when the time comes for her to leave the Parliament next year.
At the same time, the committee report was not conclusive with regard to the best approach to oversight and, today, we have a number of amendments that take quite different approaches.
Can Scottish Government subsidies be better deployed to meet the needs of current and future ferry users?
Are current services providing best value for the taxpayer?
3. What vessel size, type, deployment and crewing arrangements would best satisfy the needs you have identified?
Sharing best practice
A clear message from across our engagement events and evidence was that there needs to be greater learning from, and sharing of, best practice in delivering on the NPF.
“Best Value in policing: Joint Best Value audit of policing in Scotland” Our main agenda item is consideration of the report “Best Value in policing: Joint Best Value audit of policing in Scotland”, which is a joint report by Audit Sco...
We are talking weekly to our gateway organisations to discuss how we can gather those 30 applications together and use best practice from across employers to ensure that we give the best information, so that we get those started as jobs.
That reflects the environment in Scotland, where there is an open and transparent dialogue and where we try to give our best advice to Government—to ministers—to create the best legislation to support the elections.