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What has been described as the endless booze party in the Highlands will, I fear, continue over Christmas and new year. The Northern constabulary's latest figures show increases in drunkenness, drink-driving and drink-related serious assaults.
The Parliament has already created and pioneered, but we can always do better. I appreciate that the new building might be more welcoming and might encourage young people to visit, but I suspect that the issue will come down to resources.
The groups in question are as follows: group 26, which is Safeway Stores plc; group 28, which is Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd; and group 27, for which the lead objector is O2 (UK) Ltd.
That has now been withdrawn and the order has been relaid. The new one is in members' papers. It is suggested that, for completeness, it would be good to put the Executive's responses to the committee's questions into the committee's report.
We take the matter seriously and we are making progress. Last week, I announced the new housebuilding figures for this year, which show a rise in the number of new starts from 6,400 to 7,100 this year and to 8,000 next year.