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However, under Westminster’s control, decisions that affect our lives are constantly taken without any serious consideration of the interests of the Scottish people. The latest example of that is the New Zealand trade deal.
(William Denny, a Chartered Psychologist with a background in Veterans' Mental Health, ID: 227687223) “New laws require new spending to implement them, new texts and interpretations to explain them, and new training to apply them.
That is continuing to happen. For example, the latest census showed the population change in the Outer Hebrides to be minus 5 per cent: it is one of the few places in Scotland where the population has gone down.
The data has been built up over many years—the MCS has been carrying out beach cleans for the past 26 years. It is a long-standing problem and we need a solution.
I appreciate that, but some of the actions in the plan are for 2025-26, and by that time some children will either be out of education completely or will have lost significant time.
Members would like to take up your kind offer to visit Social Security Scotland. As some Members of the Committee have previously visited your head office premises in Dundee, it would be helpful to visit the Glasgow premises.