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To an extent, yes. We monitor wild bird die-offs. We encourage members of the public to report, we have agreements with wardens and people in the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and NatureScot works with us to ensure that we are notified of die-offs.
Michael Cook’s example of persistent organic pollutants is a really good one. You did not know that you were buying some toxic waste—you thought that you were buying a couch.
Michael Cook’s example of persistent organic pollutants is a really good one. You did not know that you were buying some toxic waste—you thought that you were buying a couch.
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Those laws did not stop the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, buying Scottish buses, but, somehow, they stop the Scottish National Party Government doing so.
My response is that if any prison warden feels that there is a potential risk from any member, whether in a shared prison or a male-only or female-only prison, and regardless of whether or not the person has self-identified, it is up to the prison warden to ensure that all his patrons are safe.
We have heard a fair bit about the cost of doing business and issues around labour shortages. On the other side of the coin are the consumers—the people buying the products.
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...