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It considers that the Home Office should provide additional funding directly to the local authority to deliver age assessments. That would take account of the demands that are to be placed on already stretched local authorities.
The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill includes permanent powers to close schools and businesses, enforce lockdowns and release prisoners early. Although we must account for the possibility of future variants, we cannot accept legally enforced restrictions as the new normal.
We will continue to take that into account as we reach final decisions. As we return to much greater normality in our lives, thoughts inevitably turn to the longer term.
Previously licensed fields, such as Cambo, were referred to. They are already accounted for in relation to projected production and estimated emissions.
Under the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002, the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman is required to keep and prepare accounts in respect of each financial year in accordance with an Accounts Direction from Scottish Ministers.