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I am not going to suggest that the committee make a visit to New Zealand.In section 4.9, you say that there is"no suitable computer programme for STV counts".Is counting the problem?
Such is the disgust of many of the island authorities served by Inverness airport that Shetland Islands Council, which has bought a 26 per cent share in a shipping line, has put forward a case to run and manage Sumburgh airport in Shetland.
We do not, however, know whether the increase will continue. In the latest quarter, the number of sequestrations in Scotland showed an increase of 66 per cent on the comparable period in the previous year.
Cumbernauld is the most extreme example as 70 per cent of homes in some tower blocks are owner-occupied. In the second round of the new housing partnership, resources were provided to authorities to deal with that problem.In the latest round of new housing partnerships the Government made it clear that new housing partnership money could not be used to provide grants to owners.
Basically, we can defer the decision until the new year. We should decide that we will take the time that is available, but we do not have to decide what we intend to do with it.
The strategy will have community empowerment as both its underlying philosophy and its ultimate aim. I have announced more than £250,000 of new money to support that initiative.
Notes have been circulated about our visit to the Norwegian Parliament and about our videoconference with the New Zealand Parliament, which we will consider.