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SNH can take action where there is evidence of a very clear pattern of behaviour. That would be available under a licensing scheme, but there still needs to be some evidence behind such a decision.
If you get 1,000 matches this year that yield £5 million, will you check that people do not attempt to repeat their behaviour? The decision about which matches to investigate is down to the individual bodies.
The petitioner has underlined that, although she felt that it was not appropriate for the drugs to be prescribed, if she had known, that would have explained the behaviour changes and she might even have been able to help with dispensing the drugs.
We are considering whether we could use behavioural insights or nudge techniques and whether there are ways to provide incentives for people to respond.
I am here representing Scothedge, which is the body that was instituted to lobby for change, in the main to assist victims of unreasonable behaviour relating to trees and hedges.