Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 21 March 2017.
Well, our unemployment rate is better than Scotland, actually. Our economic growth is better than Scotland. We have done far better than the Scottish Government in that regard. Can I also say that the schemes that he has referred to were oversubscribed? It may be that the window is short, but nevertheless, the schemes are popular, they deliver and their economic statistics show that.