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Although Renata’s story is now one of hope—ultimately, she managed to get help through the Medaille Trust and was able to get back into education—it gives us a devastating insight into the experiences of those who are consumed by this abhorrent trade.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many of the estimated 64,000 economically inactive women in Scotland with young children would like to work.
Therefore, you end up with relatively low-skilled people working—as Rebecca Kay said—very long hours just to get sufficient income to do something else.
That, in itself, can lead to extra costs on the system. If people are getting out of hospital—if they do get out—and then having falls, is that not an extra cost on the system?
However, as with any ban, there will be an initial concentration of activity until everyone gets used to the fact that single-use vapes are no longer available and then there will be a tailing off.
I have been challenged to do it in Gaelic, but I think that that would be a challenge too far for me to even begin to accept. I will get Kate Forbes to give me some lessons later.