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(consecutive interpretation) Respected Presiding Officer and respected members of the Scottish Parliament, all humans desire comfort, peace and happiness. Not only we humans, but each living creature also desires comfort and happiness.
Section 3 – Reporting on Breaches of Duties
Relevant to the duties of living within 32km of their croft, not misusing or neglecting the croft and cultivating or otherwise making purposeful use of the croft, is how breaches of those duties are reported.
As greyhounds may spend a large amount of their racing lives in kennels, and consistent with our view that independent oversight and regulation is required when there is potential commercial gain, we consider that a scheme independent of GBGB is required to ensure the welfare of these animals, possibly through Local Authority regulation or under the auspice...
For example, the Dogs Trust expressed reservations about the Bill not applying where people have previously lived together, noting it was aware of cases where perpetrators of domestic abuse had harmed or euthanised pets as a form of abuse.
During evidence, the AGS recognised the risk in future years that private sector auditor firms may not bid to carry out public sector audits due to relatively low margins for this work as “a very live issue for us as we move into the next phase of public audit”.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 February 2020
Given legislation only allows the SSPCA to enter land when an animal is actively suffering, this can lead to anomalous situations where, for example, if a live bird has been caught in an illegal trap, SSPCA inspectors could intervene, but could not look around it for other illegal traps or traps with dead animals.
The Financial Memorandum notes the funding already provided by the Scottish Government for free provision of period products (see Scottish Government action: Free provision), but states that -
Although the current scheme will benefit a number of those on a low income, the proposals contained within the Bill will enable a much wider provision, benefiting many more people living in relative poverty in Scotland.