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I spoke to a cancer patient in Dumfries whose last wish was to die at home, but they were not able to do so because there were no carers, so they had to go into hospital for their final days.
It will look at the community right to buy in the Highlands and learn from the application of the absolute right to buy in the crofting areas in order to make recommendations for the whole country.
I absolutely believe that RSLs will continue to be the lead player, although I think that we—not “we”, but previous Governments—had allowed council house building to wither and die on the vine. It was right that we reversed that and got councils building again.
You do not have a queue of people at the door wanting to buy the airport. You have said very positive things about the company making a profit, so why is there no queue at your door to buy it?
It is a much-needed consultation. In East Lothian, the right-to-buy scheme resulted in the loss of 8,000 council houses, with no means to replace them.
Although I agree with the need to increase the top-level payment, I believe that his suggestion that there should, in effect, be no upper limit presents a number of challenges.