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The two-tier system with regard to Ramsar sites, special protection areas and special areas of conservation has been a long-standing issue, and the consultation that is live at the moment should address it.
We use the term “multimorbid”, because some people have complex problems in more than one area of their lives—in their physical or mental health, in their social life or through experience of bullying or trauma.
As I touched on in my opening remarks, no part of the public sector has been immune to the significant pressures arising from inflation, the general cost of living crisis and the conditions that have been impacting every aspect of society.
The rates are reviewed annually, to ensure that we respond to any needs and requirements—the cost of living, for example—and barriers to participation.
As Europe grew, and movements of citizens won new rights to protect their lives and environment, the EU found ways to involve them directly in the development of laws to protect people and planet.
People’s views change, and I think that I am right in saying that we now have about 1 million people living in Scotland who were not able to vote in the 2014 referendum.