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It is on our long-term agenda. When I visited the Irish navy a couple of years ago, I discovered that its latest ship had received a 65 per cent subsidy from the European Union, on the basis that one of its uses was fishery protection.
There is much talk in committee and in Parliament of a new politics and a new consensus, but the bill gives us a clear example of the listening Government failing to listen.
As a result, it should be argued that additional rates income is good news as it reflects new business start-ups and not any additional costs for existing businesses.Irrespective of Mr Monteith's arguments, we should acknowledge that a cut in non-domestic rates means a cut in public services.
In the end, a powerful EU delegation was brought across to visit some of the more remote parts of northern Scotland to see how difficult it would be to administer a sheep tagging identification scheme.
That reflects the point that Mr Monteith made: the creation of a path can be held up easily if there are 114 agreements and one non-agreement. The prospect of any new path is sunk at that point. People often desire to have circular walks.
I am pleased that Highland Council, for example, has designated land for affordable housing in its latest local plan. I must now move on to the very important issue of enforcement.