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I used to run a European-funded project, when the system was not online and the monitoring papers for each quarter were much thicker than the papers for today’s meeting.
The challenge that we face is that European directives are still around that require new treatment plants to come online. In the coming 12 months, we have the big new treatment plant at Glencorse that Ronnie Mercer described.
We must ensure that local valuation joint boards are funded, and that they actively support registration. More could be done to promote online registration and to raise awareness through schools and colleges.
The post office provides an absolutely necessary service for some people, including those who are not online, to whom we owe that as an obligation.I thank Jamie Hepburn for lodging the motion for debate.
We are aware of the potential of algorithmic learning to target and profile individual voters based on their social media activity and their consumer activity online, which can consequently be used for specific messaging.