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Hannah Mary Goodlad: “I think we should be growing our population to 30,000 but then it comes back to infrastructure again, and tunnels.”

On the recordJune 21, 2026
I think we should be growing our population to 30,000 but then it comes back to infrastructure again, and tunnels.
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Hannah Mary Goodlad
Scottish National Party

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On the need for population growth in Shetland.

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