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Despite what Daniel Johnson suggested, my understanding is that that letter is accepted as an appropriate form of ID by the Department for Work and Pensions, banks, GP practices and housing organisations.
Another example is of somebody who was on holiday, who might have had no idea that they were in an area that might be risky or that livestock would be on that land.
In the meantime, five NHS boards in Scotland have established or are in the process of establishing a board AHP Bank, pending the national bank infrastructure becoming available, to facilitate cross board working.
As is mentioned in the report, there are six regional constituencies. At the elections at the start of 2022, all six constituencies were contested—there was a contest in every one of them.
We are reporting progress weekly to the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee and to the industry, and we are in fortnightly discussions about the situation with banks. Of course, when Richard Lochhead spoke to the NFUS, he announced a £20 million hardship scheme so that any farmer who has not had their payment and is not getting support from their bank can apply for hardship payments from the Scottish Government.
I was pleased to hear at the Commission’s evidence session that they were not seeing signs of the “land banking” issue that some fear. These new provisions will strengthen the role of grazings committees, giving them and individual shareholders more options for proposing and taking forward environmental initiatives on common grazings.