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If a person is seriously disabled and their house is totally inadequate for their needs, they get 75 points. A person who lives in overcrowded conditions with teenage children of the opposite sex sharing a bedroom gets 20 points.
Dr Clementine Hill O’Connor, University of Glasgow, will publish findings of a fellowship looking at how the Scottish Parliament uses lived experience in scrutiny, with suggested principles for practice (including within People’s Panels), in September 2025.
Additional funding has also been made available to enable carer centres to provide support remotely during the pandemic and an extra £750,000 has been invested in the ‘Time to Live scheme to allow for carers to take short breaks away from caring, usually virtually.
In a mature society, citizens forego elements of their liberty to allow us to live together in relative harmony. That is enabled by the provision of the police service.
They can be in a situation—in front of a television or other people—that they cannot take themselves out of, and they can be prevented, intentionally or otherwise, from leaving.