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I think that common sense—let alone any evidence that there may or may not be—tells us that your supermajority idea would make convictions harder to get, so I cannot support your amendment 92.
However, it is really challenging to compare, because we may have shallower sea beds in Scotland and so our standards may need to be tighter, whereas there are deeper fjords elsewhere.
I declare an interest, as, if I can persuade my other half, we may be beneficiaries of the scheme. The EV loan scheme for used vehicles may reopen in the next financial year.
It is important that the bill has a refined scope. That is a good point. You may not be able to or may not want to answer this question, but it strikes me that some of what has come up this morning is about mobilising the right workforce—you have just highlighted the specialisms in local authorities.
That happens quite frequently. Somebody may have a condition that changes over time, but the changes may not be recorded correctly or they may not be updated everywhere.
When we get to a certain stage in the roll-out, members may well take advantage of the opportunity to have an appropriate survey of domestic premises or whatever, with recommendations—as was the case with office security assessments—that they may or may not wish to take up. ...