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The response also noted that the Scottish Government is looking at the approach taken in Wales where the Government is considering buying homes from home owners unable to sell or insure their homes.
The implication of higher inflation is that it reduces the real terms value of a given level of cash spending - costs go up meaning the same level of spending buys less. It also means that the costs of certain Government priorities, for example protecting the SPA budget in real terms, becomes more expensive.
You could argue that it is a brave assumption that a public monopoly would buy the cheapest of anything. It should do, but it might be useful to check whether that is actually true in this case.
In principle, we welcome the development of that approach, as it provides local involvement and buy-in. We need a mechanism that allows for that in the implementation of the bill.
In the City of Edinburgh, through community planning and other mechanisms, and through direct contact, many local councillors are in contact with divisional commanders and can see what is happening at a more local level.
I was struck by the fact that the minister cited the soft drinks industry but Alex Johnstone cited the beer industry, with which he appears to have well-developed social contacts. If I go way back, we used to take back beer bottles under a deposit and return scheme in the way that we still return Irn-Bru bottles in the city of Glasgow.