Select committee: Scottish Affairs Committee
Conclusion 1
5th Report - The work of the Committee in 2024-25, and Industrial transition in Scotland
Published 30 Jan 2026
Addressed to Scotland Office
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
Scotland’s experience of deindustrialisation over the past four decades demonstrates the profound and lasting consequences of industrial transition when communities are not properly supported. The loss of major industries has left a legacy of worklessness and health inequalities. Despite Scotland’s proud industrial heritage, the erosion of key industrial skills has meant that employers may look overseas to fill shortages, leaving former industrial communities at risk of being left behind once again. (Conclusion, Paragraph 69)
From: Scottish Affairs Committee, 5th Report - The work of the Committee in 2024-25, and Industrial transition in Scotland (HC 1651), 30 January 2026
Government response
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