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We have heard stories about absentee landlords who have never visited the tenanted farms. I have spoken to tenant farmers in the north-east of Scotland who say that the owner of the estate has never spoken to them—they may have visited the estate, but they have never spoken to tenant farmers on the estate.
Could we consider the information that is given to sentencers rather than waiting for evaluation?Some of us visited East Kilbride to see how restriction of liberty orders worked.
We do not have all the answers, but we have some of the answers.I also want to talk about the voluntary sector, which Brian Fitzpatrick spoke about well. I am sure that we have all visited organisations that promote, recruit and support volunteers.
New private housing need only meet the visitability standards. Even those mere visitability standards can be waived if the building control officer can be persuaded that they are unreasonably costly to maintain.What ability does the Executive have to intervene in private housing?
I mentioned Ireland and New Zealand because I visited them. However, when we drafted our original proposals, we considered other examples, such as the Canadian and Australian regimes.
People who face an extra 20-odd miles of travel along the notorious A90 Perth to Dundee road to give birth, attend clinics or visit loved ones have raised those issues time and again.