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To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the build-out rate for large housing development sites in each local authority area. The information requested is not held centrally.
It is quite frightening.Both John Wilson and I are on the cross-party group on credit unions, which has previously asked for investment in credit unions to try to assist communities.
You were then part of this committee. On 26 June 2023, it produced a report on “A Modern and Sustainable Ferry Service for Scotland”, which I am sure you remember.
As we look towards the community wealth building legislation and the further foregrounding of those principles, there will be an opportunity to reiterate and reinforce the importance of dealing with the concern that you have expressed and operating within the structures and the framework of procurement law to identify opportunities to use local suppliers.
Let us say, for the sake of argument, that the Government’s proposal prevails and that the majority would have to be eight out of 12. You have expressed some reservations about whether that is the appropriate balance.
We identified that adolescents who live in remote, rural and island communities require further support and that LGBTQIA+ young people are more likely to express that need. The study identified that the intersectionality of being LGBT+ and residing in a remote rural area might increase someone’s experience of inequality in accessing health and wellbeing sup...