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In "Scotland's transport future", we set out our proposals. There will be a new transport agency for Scotland and a network of new regional transport partnerships.
Some of us campaigned on that issue, and the Scottish people expect the committees to visit them where reasonable. The case for that is strong, and there is consensus across the parties on it.
—Official Report, Education Committee, 26 May 2004; c 1469-70. At that point, the minister showed his willingness to learn from the pilot scheme and to legislate if that turned out to be necessary.
To do so might well involve the creation of 14 or so new non-departmental public bodies, whose existence would be superseded by whatever new management structure emerged in due course.
The four groups suggested are listed at the top of page 3, and members will note that the paper also suggests a new approach that Callum Thomson and I discussed last week.
In future, perhaps the committee should look at ways of getting our heads up in advance, so that we are not cornered into a position such as the present one.I am content with the answer that I received on moneys to local authorities. I was worried that the new regime would increase the financial burden on local authorities, with not much Government backing ...
I would like meetings with the Public Accounts Committee to help the smooth transition from the Westminster system to the new Scottish parliamentary system. That will be taken in hand.Do members wish to raise any other topics?