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He highlighted how the media can often be a de facto driver for change in the absence of other drivers:
The current situation is that the media in Scotland are, by default, our healthcare regulator.
We do not have an understanding of that, because we never tested that, and we never had any guidance. In the past, there has almost de facto been self-identification. I do not necessarily mean that it was how people would interpret the question today.
Regulation should restrict poor and unsafe practices because its purpose is to provide public protection. De-regulation that removes consumer protection should not be assumed to be an improvement.”
If someone is already a registered free-range producer before a housing order comes into effect, de facto, they would be allowed the open-ended derogation.
In the past two years, we have saved £280 million through the work that we have done on procurement, estates and the automation of back-office functions. The Scottish Government balances its budget every year.