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As discussions are still taking place between Scottish Executive officials and the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive, I have no news to give Mr Campbell at this time.
So we are not all at sea on the matter of marine national parks. Strike that from the Official Report.I will address one specific power of the national parks authority.
I was about to ask you to introduce the next sub-group of amendments, so please comment only briefly. I would like to address some of the issues that have been raised.
As this is for a devolved purpose, it is the responsibility of the Scottish Executive to determine whether a licence would be required for ship-to-ship transfers in the Firth of Forth."—Official Report, House of Commons, 25 July 2006; Vol 449, c 1308W.Not only do we have complexity, we have uncertainty.
It appears on no one's radar as one of the key issues on which we should be spending committee time, officials' time or parliamentary time.Without that national view, we are in danger of taking something that—as I have said before—started off as no more than a stunt by a particular newspaper to increase its circulation and elevating to national policy a mat...
After a statement on the agreement, Mike Russell said:"Would it not be better to reduce bureaucracy … on schools and young people of assessment, targeting and the publication of league tables?"—Official Report, 14 February 2001; Vol 10, c 1201.
I have certainly come across cases in which constituents did not want to use official channels because they were worried about repercussions for their affected relatives.
I hope that that is of some help to members. I read the Official Report of Mark Ruskell's members' business debate on this matter and, if there is one thing that is conclusive, it is that evidence about the health risks is inconclusive.