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Tribunal membership
The Committee report recognises that power to temporarily authorise existing judges to sit on tribunals is not new, and is necessary in order to address capacity issues in Scottish tribunals.
However, the failure to meet the internationally set targets in the Rio Convention, to preserve biodiversity, led to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity setting new targets for 2020 ("the Aichi Targets") in 2010.
What will it mean for any future visits? I am not opposed to visits to take the committee to other cities of Scotland—I have a particular objection to a visit on this petition.
I wonder whether you are talking about the Red Hook community court in New York. I think that I am. We are aware of that model and the minister has been out to visit it.
I am pleased to announce that the Executive has established new arrangements for funding local authorities to provide new sites or to upgrade existing sites.