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However, we must take a hard look at where this latest episode takes us. Given that the committee issued a report on the funding of Scottish Opera, it is unfortunate that something was done without any reference to or explanation for the committee.
Under the pre-1996 arrangement of regional authorities there was, in my view, more ownership of fire boards than under the new arrangement, in which we have 32 fire authorities compared with the previous eight under the regional councils.
Has the balance between encouraging a new population and getting the existing population more involved surfaced as an issue in your contribution to the development of fresh talent?
It was about your funding concerns. A new responsibility is being placed on local authorities and they must construct a system to manage that new activity.
I turn first to the eight admissible objections that were lodged in the new objection period. Members will recall that we undertook a similar exercise for the objections during the preliminary stage.