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Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
I will bring in Katie Hutton.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
Oh—you are on mute.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
Are you saying that there are too many strands? Generally, the education landscape in Scotland is quite cluttered. Is that true in this sphere, too?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
Strategic relationships are what you might be describing there.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
You are saying that, in effect, the levy is a training tax. Businesses might have been spending or planning to spend that money on training, so you can understand where Willie Rennie is coming from if those businesses say, “Actually, our margins, profitability and budgets are not sufficient to sustain an additional payment towards training.” That is understandable, is it not, from a business point of view?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
Thank you, Oliver. We turn finally to Ross Greer, who is now on a stable link.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
Do you mention the 4 per cent because you think that it should be more?
10:00Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
Some people might say that apprenticeship is a higher road rather than an equal road.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
That is good, Frank. Michael Marra has a short supplementary question.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 15 December 2021
Stephen Kerr
Is that question for Frank Mitchell or Allan Colquhoun?