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As things stand, 5 per cent of my constituents in Edinburgh Western will die because of air pollution. Edinburgh is top of the pops in that rather macabre league table of preventable deaths that are caused by poor air quality.
Members will be aware of the give me five campaign, which is run by a coalition of organisations that campaign on child poverty and are looking for a top-up of £5 a week on child benefit.
Is that correct? Absolutely. The COSLA website states, under the heading “Business Gateway National Unit”: “Operations—support with the consistent delivery and day-to-day management of the service across Scotland, and support with shared resources”.
We are also providing help through the £305 million help-to-buy (Scotland) and small developers schemes and through initiatives such as our rural rent-to-buy pilot, which operates in the Highlands.