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First, there is a gap in the £100,000 to £500,000 investment level—and perhaps up to £1 million. The venture capitalists perhaps feel that the investment is not big enough to become involved.
The obvious tool is modelling of what the committee in its phase 1 report called "assimilative capacity" or what I, in my neanderthal way, still call carrying capacity.
I want to notify the committee that the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities conference on 24 November is on the issue of telecommunications.Our next meeting is on 1 December. I thank members of the public for their attendance and apologise for the fact that it is very cold in this room.
Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Under agenda item 3, we are considering the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.
Secondly, it must meet as well as or better the kind of policy objectives that ILA 1 had. I think that we can make ILA 2 meet those objectives better.Thirdly, the new ILA must be proofed against the problems that beset and ultimately brought down ILA 1.