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We ask everyone else in Scotland to cross the car park at work or in the town centre to get to the donation van, and I see no reason why we should do it differently here.
I urge caution; we must tread carefully and get the right balance between resolving the current issue and maintaining the reputation of the industry at home and abroad.
I ask the First Minister to remember, in discussing the matter with the Minister for Transport, that the trains on the new Waverley line will need somewhere to park, where passengers may get on and off in a high-quality, accessible station.
It ensures that we stay focused on our key objectives rather than spending it on low priorities simply to get the money out of the back door—the money is not lost to Scotland.
I concur with Ted Brocklebank, especially with his last point, which I was going to mention. Perhaps we could get more details on the dispute over the use of European fisheries funds for the building of new vessels by other countries.
From this figure, COSLA then deduct around £400 million of new commitments from the funding package, to produce their figure for the "cut to the core budget".
Those provisions also dealt with sums paid in error by a third party to the former manager when such sum was due to be paid to the new manager and vice versa.
(b) Why is it appropriate both to confer that power, and the power to make provision supplemental to it?