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Otherwise, there is a risk that the system would be undermined—it could create a higher level of risk for consumers if there were a significant number of businesses operating outwith the new regulatory system. It will therefore be essential that there are sufficient resources to enable the new system to be enforced.
That can provide up to £35,000 to cover the cost of purchasing a new pure electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle, and up to £10,000 to cover the cost of buying a new electric motorcycle or scooter, for those who are interested in doing that.
I am sure that most businesses, if they had been looking for a bit of machinery for six years and had no luck in finding it, might realise that they are looking for something that they will have to buynew or commission, rather than buy second hand.
Cabinet secretary, I am looking at Transport Scotland’s website and it says: “By 2030 we will phase out the need to buynew petrol and diesel cars and vans.”
Of course, we have been the only country in the UK that has had incentives in the form of loans to help people to buy electric vehicles. I suspect that the new UK Government will do something similar.
The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Scotland wrote to all NHS Boards, GPs and community pharmacists (Circular PCA(P) (2019) 18) on 26 August 2019 advising of the latest supply update on all Hormone Replacement Therapy products marketed in the UK.