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I think that we have learned the lessons. Do not get me wrong, the post-war priority was to get people into housing with basic sanitation and so on, and it is easy for us to look back and be critical.
We need to go in and do a drains-up review to see whether anything more could have been done for this round to get more data, to get it differently or whatever.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
At the Committee's meeting on 12 November 2025, a Scottish Government official said they were aware of concerns raised around this matter and that “we are actively considering how to get that right through amendments”.