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However, the picture that Mike Rumbles paints for us is one of a new Boudicca coming across the horizon with the scimitars attached to the wheels of her chariot to cut the legs off any man foolish enough to stand in her way.
I cannot agree with anything John Swinburne said about the benefits of quangos in the new towns of Scotland. I represent a new town and I am sitting next to two colleagues who were born and brought up in new towns.
Do you have anything in mind to ensure that there are proper checks and balances and safeguards? This is not a new situation. We propose that officials are seconded from all the authorities to work on the new plans.
There is over-provision of built estate, but how can the answer be more new build? How many failing businesses cure their problems by building new headquarters?
We have received no apologies, so we will move straight to item 1 on the agenda, which is new petitions. The first petition, PE497, is from James and Pamala McDougall, on the subject of nuisance caused by hedges.