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Does the cabinet secretary really believe that Police Scotland has sufficient resources, considering that, to take a recent example, the extra time and cost to house asylum seekers in Crowborough is taxing the resources not only of local forces there but of people across the whole of England?
The express mention of the ability to require the taking of prior steps has been added so as to ensure that provision similar to section 89(5)(a) of the Bill as introduced (which required a prior step where extra costs were to be incurred) may be made under the regulations.
Before picking up on highlights, it is worth recording that this situation is exacerbated by the significant extra work generated for SPS staff as a result of operating on a virtual and, in particular, hybrid basis.
We know that there are families who want to defer but who are unable to do so because they cannot meet the extra costs if their requests for funding are turned down.
It feels as if the committee may have to put in an extra session specifically to try to co-ordinate the cabinet secretary and Minister for Mental Health coming and doing a session on the relevant petitions.