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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Barkham

Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law

A swift brick - a hollow brick with an oval opening in it.
The bricks will be introduced in Scotland after a 12-month consultation. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

Swift bricks will be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a law to help endangered cavity-nesting birds.

The Scottish government and MSPs across the parties backed an amendment by Scottish Green Mark Ruskell to make swift bricks mandatory for all new dwellings “where reasonably practical and appropriate”.

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