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I just want to re-emphasise a point that the committee may have heard before. If we are inviting people to participate in the budget process, and particularly in budget setting, they need to be given meaningful options and control rather than just handed a list of cuts and asked to pick between them.
There are a number of factors, and Mark Taylor may wish to say more about them. There was significant progress in reducing the backlog of less serious cases.
We spoke about assets earlier: communities may need the ability to protect and keep hold of community assets, which can be far more challenging in areas that face many other challenges.
As the SPICe briefing clarifies, it is up to local authorities to interpret the 2015 act and ensure compliance with the guidance.10:15The Scottish Government believes that the petitioner’s second ask may also be achievable but that it is dependent on identifying appropriate resource and budget.
I am also delighted to see the carer support payment being rolled out nationally, but many of my constituents may not be aware that that benefit has wider eligibility than the carers allowance that it replaces.
That means that “there is no limit to the number of wrasse above a certain size limit ... which can be fished during the fishing season”, which runs between 1 May and 30 November each year. In its response to the petition, the Scottish Government highlights the mandatory management measures that were introduced in 2021.
As I understand it, the review recommended that a human rights approach be taken to these matters but it acknowledged that there may still be instances where treatment may require to be administered without consent—for example, for health reasons, as has been alluded to.
That is an increase of 6.5 percentage points since the start of the extension period, on 1 May, and it amounts to 144,431 extra households being enumerated.