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We have all learned during this period how much more pleasant the places where we live become when there is less traffic. Many more people are walking and cycling, many more families are out together and people are enjoying birdsong that they could not hear before.
I go back to Councillor Macgregor’s point. The point has been made in many quarters over many years that there is a considerable duplication of senior posts in the 32 local authorities.
I simply observe that I worked for a bank for 30 years, and it took us 10 years to work out how many customers we had. We knew how many accounts we had, but it took us that long to work out the number of customers, precisely for the reasons that have been described.
Obviously, there has been a general reduction in the armed forces in the country. I am unaware of how many people knock on the door, how many are accepted, and what the process is.
Too many receiving parents struggle to secure payments to which their children are entitled, and too many paying parents report errors, delays and poor administration.When the system fails, it is always the children who pay the price.