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There is also a walk-through local test site and there are a number of mobile testing unit deployments and 10 small-scale test sites across Argyll and Bute.
The Government is advocating lamping, which in terms of welfare is relevant only in three seasons, where there is a proper site outwith vegetation and cover—and there is a lot of vegetation and cover in upland areas.
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Date published:
10 December 2024
Concerns were also expressed about the financial costs of establishing a new body and that potentially money could be better spent in supporting existing structures.
Corrected text— I am aware of the concerns that have been expressed about the Highland Council’s proposals to close a number of public toilets, and that this was discussed with the council leader on 15 June.
As set out in correspondence that I issued to the committee on 26 October but which was, I believe, received only yesterday, the order has no wider impact, given that it has been defined narrowly around the issue of winding up.
They told me of the vast number of complex and extremely time-consuming cases that they have to deal with, yet that practice had gone without a health visitor for over a year and they had never met the social workers who deal with their clients.