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That is why we are accelerating our affordable housing investment plans and producing new capital investment plans.I will give examples of that approach.
We did so having inherited a crumbling prison estate. Thankfully, one new prison will open next month, two new prisons will follow shortly and HMP Inverclyde and HMP Highland are also being sourced.
I also recognise, and the Parliament should recognise, the personal commitment that the Deputy First Minister has put into the process. Applause. We have new powers and more powers are guaranteed, and we have a progressive majority in this Parliament.
There is always a point where legislation that has been amended very often is revisited and consolidated with a new act. However, the process is fairly common and the habit is to be able to provide the act as it is in force, and to be able to provide that online.
I hope that the advice was more technical. Our second new petition is PE1518, by George Chalmers, on meaningful public consultation within the Scottish planning system.
There is a view that we should do what they do in New Zealand, whereby if a woman has been resident in the country for 10 years, she is automatically entitled to a full pension.