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At the end of that debate, we have reached a satisfactory conclusion. That is a credit to the Parliament. This is not a major matter, but it is an important one.
Agriculture To ask the Scottish Executive whether it shares the Prime Minister's reported view that the future of agriculture for this country is more likely to be in organic niche farming than in extensive tracts of genetically modified crops.
I hope that our experience with the first legislative consent memorandum does not mean that we will face the same kind of thing when we deal with such memorandums in future. That is the current position. With regard to future meetings, it is worth reminding members that stage 2 of the Human Tissue (Scotland) Bill wil...
However, I can tell Rosemary Byrne that the Scottish planning assessment on future rail demand where the rail network falls short is under way, and proposals to bridge that gap will come forward.
Water Charges To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will abolish the discount on water charges for single-adult households. (S2O-3750) The consultation on future charges and discounts for Scottish Water's customers closed on 12 October.
Of course we are determined to build capacity and to address the gaps that undoubtedly exist, but I think that the Scottish Executive can demonstrate, by its past actions and by its future intentions, that it is serious about addressing those gaps.