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If any changes were made to the fire pension scheme, current members would retain their existing rights and the new scheme would apply only to staff joining the fire service after the introduction of any new scheme.
There was a question whether it was competent to introduce new criminal offences and penalties relating to houses in multiple occupation by modification or whether it should be done by a free-standing instrument.
We can point to certain indicators, the first of which are the latest census figures. We are starting to see the tail end of a gradual decline moving up.
I turn first to the eight admissible objections that were lodged in the new objection period. Members will recall that we undertook a similar exercise for the objections during the preliminary stage.