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When we look back, we will find plenty of briefings and committee papers that will inform us of a lot of the background, but I am sure that members have many questions. You suggest that there are about 5,500 birds too many in Uist at the moment, which is very concerning.
In my short time on the committee, lots of reports have come in, and a common theme has been the fact that many of the recommendations have not been actioned.
As Mr Mason pointed out, they often have very poor experience of what adults have done to them and, allegedly, for them. We need as many opportunities as possible, and as many doors as possible, to allow advocacy to take place.
There are socio-economic factors too many to mention here – but that Glasgow still, 50 years later, bears the hallmark of 85 out of a 100 of the most deprived areas in Scotland.
Some submissions, such as West Lothian, highlighted that many of the indicators used were single year indicators, rather than multi-year averages, and thus there could be sampling anomalies.