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Under the bidding process, it will be open to any shipping operator to apply for all 26 or—as it will be—27 routes. Operators cannot apply for individual routes.
When there is a limited amount for investment and somebody is screaming for new machines, new equipment or a new production line, it is a huge challenge to use that money for training.
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Transport will next visit the Stirling district. I hope to visit the Stirling district, in my capacity as Minister for Transport, soon.
The first decision that the Government will make will be on the commissioning of new submarines, but the decision on the new warheads will not be made until after the next UK election.
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.
That is the key issue and the one in which changes must be made to ensure the security of the service for the people who want it and need it—the people of Dunoon and Cowal and the tourists who want to visit Scotland's new national park and other parts of the west Highlands.