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I look forward to seeing the new model standards for mobile home sites reflecting up-to-date best practice. I cannot conclude without commenting on Labour members’ cynical stance on the bill.
I do not think that privilege is necessarily used to cover up anything; I think that it is used to help get the best compliance. We know ourselves that if we have blotted our copybook, we might not be sure how to proceed.
We are facing a cost of living crisis, the like of which has not been seen since the 1930s. Incomes are stagnating at best and falling behind at worst. I will illustrate that point.
In scrutinising such significant amounts of money, an issue for us is the ability to track the pound, see how it is used and consider whether that is the best way to meet the desired outcome.
Is the cabinet secretary content that enough is being done to help, for example, small and medium-sized enterprises and hard-to-reach individuals to make best use of the infrastructure that is being made available?
However, for the reasons that I set out, the proposed definition is the best one. The Isle of Man does not appear to have tree preservation legislation such as we have in Scotland.
That would be helpful for strategic development plans and for prioritising where scarce resources could be used to best effect for Scotland as a country.