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Flamingo Land The First Minister will be aware of the long-running campaign to prevent the Yorkshire theme park operator Flamingo Land from developing what it describes as a luxury tourist resort on the banks of Loch Lomond at Balloch. Our successful campaign to defeat its first application saw a record 60,000 objections lodged, citing damage to ancient wo...
Nursing Vacancies This week, the Royal College of Nursing reported record vacancies in Glasgow; it also reported that spending on bank and agency nurses has risen to £76.5 million.
Residents in areas that I represent in Stockbridge, Comely Bank, Ravelston and Craigleith have been hit by significant flooding in recent years, because of urban waste water issues.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 December 2020
That the Parliament agrees that the Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 draft be approved. That the Parliament agrees that the Surrender of Offensive Weapons (Compensation) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 draft be approved.
The Scottish Tribunals Annual report for 2022-23 said that in that year, this Tribunal “saw a sharp rise in applications with a total of 202, the highest in any reporting year”.
I was corrected by the industry: between 2017 and 2021, antibiotic use went up by 168 per cent. It dropped back in 2022, but deaths continued to rise—there were 36,000 tonnes of deaths in 2022.