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For example, we can see how quickly the resource spending review that was published went completely out of date because of the energy crisis, the cost of living crisis and the fact that things such as public sector pay deals were going to have to be much higher than had been budgeted for.
As laid out in the programme for government, we will continue to work collaboratively to improve the fish farm consenting processes. A consultation is currently live on proposals to extend Scotland’s marine planning zones, which would enable development beyond three nautical miles.
I am pleased to have heard a commitment to that in the minister’s opening speech.It is difficult to imagine the suffering that those in forced marriages endure, but the bill may give hope to many and provide them with a means of escape to live their lives in peace away from the all-encompassing shadow of fear.I concl...
Some of the investigations placed a burden on the complainant because they took years to complete—people cannot happily get on with their lives until such a procedure has run its course.
This morning, the director of Energy Action Scotland said that, unless tomorrow’s budget allocates greater funding, “the desperate situation of hundreds of thousands of households living in cold, damp homes will continue.”
People are promised the earth in those sales cabins, and the providers have to pick up on that, but I am not convinced by them. Where I live, every week we get literature through the door that says Virgin or BT can do something.