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The 20th Anniversary Programme offered a unique opportunity for the Scottish Parliament to reflect on and refresh its founding principles of accountability, openness, equal opportunities and power sharing.
The estimates provided by SLAB should therefore be viewed as the maximum cost per application for extension. 29. Taking this into account and given that the extension process is not expected to be used very often, the costs to SLAB are expected to be low and covered by existing budgets.
The Scottish Government has already completed the statutory process for 10 out of the 11 projects in the dualling programme, which account for more than 92 per cent of the length to be dualled.
All our efforts are being directed to ensuring that the planned election goes ahead as safely as possible, while taking account of the need to maximise the opportunity for voters to cast their votes and feel comfortable doing so.
That is why the exemptions that I spoke about earlier are so important. I believe that we have taken account of the concerns of the third sector organisations and other stakeholders on the point.
As I said in my statement, that will include taking account of distance and the person’s ability to travel, and ensuring that the location and time of appointments fit people’s needs.