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Recently, we increased the fees that planning authorities can charge, which has allowed planning authorities up and down the country to potentially retain or employ new staff. There is a balance to be struck.
That concludes the committee’s business in public today. At its next meeting, on 26 March, the committee will hear from the Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands on the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc) Order 2019.
Is there a way of putting through emergency legislation now, to call a moratorium on new applications, so that we can leave things as they are until the new regulations come through?
Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider a draft report on the Care Home Services (Visits to and by Care Home Residents) (Scotland) Regulations 2026. 11.
Our front-line workers have worked extremely hard to ensure that services and access could be restored as quickly as possible. The latest updates are that good progress has been made on the restoration of the transport network.
Data obtained through freedom of information requests shows that just one in five dental practices are taking on new patients and that, in four health board areas in Scotland, zero practices are taking on new NHS patients.
The cabinet secretary went on to state that additional visiting restrictions have been reimposed in areas that have had increases in cases, but essential visits have always been permitted.