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I am concerned that if we do not have some form of attachment in the bill, lenders will be reluctant to lend to people who are on low incomes although not necessarily in debt, if they want to buy a television on the high street, for example.
It is appropriate that they should be able to earn more money than they could in other prisons. Their income allows them to buy things for personal consumption and makes it easier for them to maintain contact with their friends and family in the outside world.The fact that the building was purpose-built was also useful in terms of security.
In response to the committee, we indicated that, given the current age profile across Scottish agriculture, £100 million would not buy very much. The money would have to come out of the current modulation and we would be left with very little.
These amendments all add to the bill protection for third parties dealing with an attorney or guardian with powers over heritable property, where there is a problem with the powers granted. If a third party buys property in good faith in those circumstances, they will not have their title to the property challenged.
We should find out its views, and about what housing benefit changes might imply for the right-to-buy housing associations—in other words, how such changes might affect the decision to invest money in housing.
I think that it arose from a comparatively cynical attempt in the early 1970s to buy off teacher discontent by creating additional posts, rather than by giving significant pay increases across the board.