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I will give a small example. A farm might need a new potato shed. A rent reduction of £2,000 would not get the farmer that building, but an input through the bank and the landlord to a joint venture could substantially help that farming business.
Those could be a wide range of things, such as building new roads and offshore wind farms. We need much greater clarity around the definition of what is and is not ecocide.”
Tribunal membership
The Committee report recognises that power to temporarily authorise existing judges to sit on tribunals is not new, and is necessary in order to address capacity issues in Scottish tribunals.
For me, the key questions concern the added value that we will get from the new commission, whether its function could be carried out by another agency and what works for the people whom I represent who will benefit from the body.
A mobile would have to ring in the middle of my questions, but there we are. We learn something new every day. Minister, you are saying that, to get a remedy under the 1940 act, the secure tenant must bring a second court action.