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If the Borders railway is not built, there will still be new housing in the Borders. If we look at Peeblesshire, we see that it is not just the railway that drives new housing.
Secondly, the process of inspection will not change as a result of the powers of intervention. The bill introduces a possible new end to a process that is already in being.
It is unacceptable that the person who had the most input into the health board's decision—Dr Barker—did not even visit the Queen Mother's hospital or the Yorkhill hospital.I shall finish on this final point, because I know that there are other points that people want to raise.
I have two points to make, the first of which is on the further education overview. In recent weeks, I have visited two of the further education colleges in my region.
For the 2006-07 budget, substantial new resources are coming on stream for closing the opportunity gap, including our new £15 million-a-year closing the opportunity gap fund.