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The initiative supports schools to counter the impacts of disinformation and online hate. During my visit to Cathkin high school last year for the launch of the project, I heard positive feedback from staff and pupils.
I am sure that the cabinet secretary will not be troubled by that in her upcoming visit, but passengers and commuters in Fife have a problem and they have been suffering for too long.
Last year to end June, the number of all sector new builds in Scotland increased by 7 per cent—or 1,481—to 23,346 homes, the highest annual figure since 2008.
The member raises an important matter, which is one of the key areas that I hear about when I am out and about and visiting island communities. The work that we do on the development of the remote, rural and islands housing action plan will be critical to that.
Furthermore, our £15 million in loan funding for social landlords enables them to fit compliant alarms to the new standard by next year. Will the cabinet secretary define a “reasonable” period?
Recognising that the new arrangements will no doubt need some time to bed in I believe that, taken alongside our ongoing infrastructure investment and wider policy initiatives, we are on the right path to achieve that.
The Policy NoteThe Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025 - Draft Policy Note accompanying the regulations highlights that:
the reforms will provide more accurate and up-to-date methodologies;
that EPCs are conducted to the highest professional standards; and
EPCs will adopt a new technical infrastructure for lodging energy performance data, and generating certificates, on a new EPC Register.