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We already have the shadow strategic rail authority, which is dealing with new franchises. We will have specific powers to set the framework for the new ScotRail franchise.
We are already talking to people about new projects, but all that we can say to them is that we do not know what the arrangements will be or even what the priorities for the new programme will be.
The benefits can be seen in our streets and communities every day. We have new schools, new technology, new information technology, new access to computers for schoolchildren, new sports facilities for schools and new hospitals.
On one of the Wednesday evenings after the meeting of the Parliament the committee could visit Hampden if nothing was happening there—which seems to be the case.
On Sunday, I saw a three-year-old toddler about to run into the road on one of those estates where you go and buy things. I wanted to shake the parent for not taking a child of such tender years by the hand.