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It is not simply a question of the timescale; it is about the fact that many of those cases have been cancelled or rescheduled many times—sometimes dozens of times.
The cost-of-living crisis is a long-term issue likely to be with us for years. The many challenges this crisis brings will impact the most vulnerable in society, many of whom rely on voluntary sector services.
Ariane Burgess MSP Convener, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee Scottish Parliament 14 November 2025 Dear Ariane Scrutiny of Scottish Housing Regulator Many thanks for your letter of 9 October 2025, and we welcome the opportunity to provide further comment.
The decision to cancel the Strategy refresh followed two years of lived experience engagement work, including work undertaken by many of the members of the CPG on Deafness and the CPG on Visual Impairment.
There is plenty of evidence that they were not good at their business to be found in the Fish Health Inspectorate reports on the visits they made during the many and continuous mortality events at Invertote and even worse at Culnacnoc.
We are doing all we can to ensure young people growing up on our islands can access similar opportunities to their peers on mainland Scotland. I recognise that many will want us to offer more free ferry travel to and from the mainland and we will keep that under review, but this latest concession is additional to the free bus travel that many young island residents also benefit from.
Finally, it was clear to us that the figures in the comparison of high and lochside roads were, at best, back of the envelope guesstimates, many inaccurate, and, even those reasonable when undertaken, are hopelessly out of date now.