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If we look at enforcement and at the number of animal control wardens, we find that the biggest local authority in Scotland, Glasgow City Council, has one animal control warden for a population of nearly 600,000 people.
In any regime in which there is intensive rearing of animals, there is an increased likelihood of disease and parasites, which then get passed over to the pups, so the consumers who buy them then have to deal with pups that become unwell and often die.
We need to bear in mind that, under the 2003 act, the tenant acquired an absolute right to buy, if they had not been given an opportunity to exercise a pre-emptive right to buy.
You have said that most women can afford period products, but the creation of a universal right is a die-in-a-ditch part of the bill to which you would not accept an amendment.
All documents are available on the Scottish Parliament website at: www .parliament.scot/documents SP Bill 24A Session 6 (2024)
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There would always be more that we could do with extra resources, including more investment in our website or more outreach workâalthough that is not to say that we have not been able to invest in our website or do outreach work.
As the minister said, those officers might not always be specialised dog wardens; sometimes, they are community wardens or neighbourhood officers, but they are authorised by the local authority under the provisions of the act to collect the fixed penalties.