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The new rules will impinge particularly on dairy farmers in the Dumfriesshire area, many of whom will find that the extra capital cost that they will have to incur to meet the requirements of the proposed new regulations will probably put them out of business.
I can speak only about the Aberdeen to Edinburgh route, on which we operate. Our new Super Voyager train, which is the tilting version of the diesel train that we are buying for cross-country services, has the potential to reduce journey times by about 20 per cent.
I would hate anything to be introduced that would make it more difficult for those on low incomes to buy a new television, for example, in a high-street shop.
It seems to me that that combination of legislative commitment and financial investment is the surest sign yet that we have a new politics in Scotland. That new politics is working.
I have produced a short note on the handling of such cases in New South Wales, Australia, where they are dealt with by a special tribunal that is set up under the procedural rules of the New South Wales Supreme Court.