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That people living in deprived areas were almost 60% more likely to die from COVID-19 than the rest of the population (and two and a half times more likely to die than those in the most affluent areas) means that children and young people living in deprived areas were almost 60% more likely to have been bereaved than...
In the second half of part 1 and some of the examples that we have highlighted, we have tried to do the best we can to get at exactly the point that you have made.
That project involves 100 GP practices in the most deprived areas, and those who are involved in it often talk to us about digital exclusion. I have a couple of points on that.
—Official Report, 4 September 2024; c 26. At that point—seven years on from the Grenfell disaster, in which 72 of our fellow citizens perished—remediation had been completed on precisely zero buildings in Scotland.
The regulator sits on its own with regard to that issue and does not report to me. That is a key point. Earlier, the regulator talked about indicators for damp and mould.