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I conducted face-to-face visits with tenants in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and conducted interviews by telephone with landlords in those cities and in Inverness, Dumfries and other places.
The standard special measures are: giving evidence via a live televisionlink, giving evidence from behind a screen in court and having a supporter presentin conjunction with either of these measures.
If any committee members want to see what we do, we would be happy to host a visit. That would be helpful—there is clearly a wealth of information there.
It is a real pity that he is not paid in attendance allowances for his visits to the House of Commons, as that would certainly save the public purse some money.The facts do not back the SNP's rhetoric.
The Link group in Falkirk treats tenant defaults as an issue. It has been working with credit unions in the area, getting management not only to consider financial inclusion but to tackle the issue of loan sharks.
How would the landlord know? I understand why prospective tenants or joint tenants are mentioned in amendment 151; discriminating against a tenant who might live with somebody in the future causes difficulties.
People with chronic pain consult their general practitioner around five times more frequently than those without chronic pain, and chronic pain is a presenting condition in around 22 per cent of GP consultations. A total of 50 per cent of GP visits are for either pain or mental health issues.A study in 2006 found that 25 per cent of people with chronic pain...
I shared those concerns and wrote to the cabinet secretary back in January.The partnership supports a number of excellent projects, some of which MSPs from all parties will have had the privilege of visiting to see at first hand the help that they provide to disadvantaged groups that require support to find employment.