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I therefore thank members for attending this recalled sitting of Parliament. I wish you all a very peaceful new year and I look forward to seeing you all again in 2021.
If we think imaginatively about how we apply that, perhaps we can find a way of unlocking the potential that is already in Scotland before we start thinking about new towns. The latest statistic is that there are 32,000 empty homes, which is a huge number.
It would be interesting to see what impact that is having on small local businesses, and on rural high streets in particular.10:15 Following on from that, I invite the committee to visit Dumfries and Galloway, if it wishes.
I have just read Claire McCready's letter of 3 August, in which she suggests that the new leaflet is not being distributed to new parents, which is extremely worrying.
In fact, one council said in its latest response to us that it would not achieve a new saving for up to two years because of the need to make redundancy payments.
The Cabinet Secretary indicated more broadly that there was an opportunity to put more investment upstream for preventative measures in a significant way with the resource spending review, because that will be multi-year, adding that this “will allow us to look at how the compounding effect of multiple years delivers that change”.17Finance and Public Administration Committee, Official Report, Col 26. (2021, August 31). Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/api/sitecore/CustomMedia/OfficialReport?
In addition, the potential to spend up to £200 million on climate change measures within the forest estate would mean new jobs and new opportunities to enhance the environment.
Brian Adam is right to point out that the latest statistics show that, across Scotland, we have the highest number of registrations with dentists for both adults and children since registrations were introduced in October 1990.