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That is a problem across all our cities. People no longer know who lives in their neighbourhood or residential area, and they can feel quite insecure when they find that they do not recognise the faces of people who live around them.
However, I do not agree with amendment 65, which would remove the word “significantly”. People who live on islands will always have different experiences from those who live on the mainland.
However, I am on the Health and Sport Committee, and we need to keep in mind that all those areas affect the whole lives of the general population—people and their families.
The £57 million fund for taxi and private hire drivers went live in mid-January with grants of £1,500 and, by the beginning of this month, the fund had paid out almost £5 million.