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Ensure future industrial transitions in Scotland support communities, retain skills, and prevent past mistakes.

Conclusion
As Scotland undergoes another major transition — this time in the oil and gas sector — there is an urgent need to avoid repeating past mistakes. Future industrial transitions must be a practical, deliverable commitment that supports communities, retains skills and ensures that no community pays the price of industrial change. (Conclusion, Paragraph 70)
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Scotland Office
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Recommendation age 0.3 yrs
Report published 30 Jan 2026