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The reversal of the two-child limit for Universal Credit and tax credits, along with the abolition of the benefit cap. • an enhanced windfall tax to fund support in place of increased borrowing and/or spending cuts, raised by broadening the Energy Profits Levy and removing the investment allowance • additional fundin...
For Natura sites (Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation), SNH also consider whether proposals could affect interests of sites at some distance away e.g. harvesting might affect foraging areas used by breeding seabirds.
Although the committee agrees that the negative procedure therefore applies to the order, it notes that that could be more clearly expressed. The Scottish Government has committed to identifying an early opportunity to do that.
It is important that voices have expressed the fact that there are no specific provisions in the bill to strengthen that.Amendment 122 not moved.Amendments 216 and 217 not moved.
In principle, legislation should be deliverable and affordable and not just put in place as a deterrent. I know that the Law Society expressed concerns about the effect on the perpetrator’s decision to plead guilty if they know that they might go on a register.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran also had the longest waits for an audiology appointment, with people waiting 62 weeks on average for an appointment and 115 weeks to actually get hearing aids fitted. People are waiting on average 26 weeks for orthopaedic treatment, with one in 10 waiting more than 72 weeks.