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For example, in the case of the Glasgow schools project, the successful bidder came up with a proposal that involved 12 new schools when the council expected to get only two new schools.
However, the current set-up has always had a problem—and the new set-up replicates it—when capital investment is required to build developments such as new TICs or the new hubs that were spoken about in earlier evidence.
I want to deal with other issues to which you have given thought. The bill proposes a new Scottish legal complaints commission—out goes the ombudsman and in comes something new.
However, it has been suggested that there could be a circuit of such courts. That would allow people to visit a number of places regularly and to build up knowledge of, and a relationship with, an area.
That is the difference by 2026 between having no EARL, when revenue will be £8.31 million, and EARL with a cheap fare, when revenue will be £7.13 million.
Our two growth spots are Edinburgh and Aberdeen, but only 26 per cent of major planning applications in Edinburgh are processed in time and the figure is similar for Aberdeen.
If we are heavily involved in an investigation by the time of the December visit, that investigation may also throw up one or two issues that we would like to discuss with the visitors.