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The authority has focused very much on its own responsibilities in relation to conduct when it has been discussing issues with Lady Elish Angiolini or in the pre-bill consultation and before the committee.
I made the point to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee during pre-budget scrutiny a couple of years ago that human rights are not delivered with good intentions but, frankly, with cold, hard cash.
You are right—there has to be a balance. The pre-application consultation process came in a number of years ago, and I think that it is really valued and important.
I think that 36 per cent of our total housing stock is tenements and flats—that is just a fact of Scotland’s history. A large proportion—18 per cent—is pre-1919. There is a wide variety of stock.
Then there is the broader work, which is about the fiscal sustainability stuff. That is more around pre-budget scrutiny and looking ahead to where the big investments are coming.
In our experience, respite services have not gone back to pre-pandemic levels. In your written evidence, you speak about how, when a young person goes to a facility, they have a social network there.
As well as questions on reform, members may take the opportunity to ask Mr Moxham any questions on the STUC’s pre-budget 2024-25 submission, which has also been circulated with the meeting papers.
The lockdowns had a major effect on transport, and bus passenger levels have not yet gone up to pre-Covid levels. How has that affected trends in air pollution over the past few years?
We have seen only some smaller-scale and pre-commercial projects, so setting targets for wave and tidal will be more challenging, but the ambition is good.