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While we talk about raising the living wage, there has been no mention of the tax credits and other benefits that workers rely on to survive—and they are only surviving.
One of the common issues is about increasing storage on waste sites, which we are concerned about. As a responsible industry, we must be aware that a broad spectrum of people are involved in the industry.
Its recommendations were piloted before being rolled out nationwide. Five demonstration sites were included initially: Aberdeen, the Borders, Falkirk, Fife and Lochaber.
I thank the minister and her officials for attending. At our next meeting, on 26 February, we will take oral evidence on the issue of elder abuse and whether that should be an aggravated offence. 10:45 Meeting continued in private until 12:47.
At paragraph 20, we talk about some of the qualifying benefits, such as income support and universal credit. The range of error and fraud for those benefits goes from 3.9 to 9.4 per cent, as Stephen Boyle said.