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Amendment 144 simply removes the corresponding provision from part 3 where it is no longer required as a result of the new section.The Executive will also shortly lodge an amendment to part 4—similar to amendment 144—for discussion by the committee when part 4 of the bill is reached.I move amendment 33.
If the amendment is intended to give the courts new powers of interpretation, which could result in the courts looking behind the terms of the power, we would oppose it on policy grounds.
The arrangements are final in that they are a permanent increase in the fees, but we will seek to introduce a completely new system for the operation of block fees in solemn cases.
The Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 fulfilled commitments that were given in the white paper "Scotland's transport future" to bring a new approach to the delivery of infrastructure and services in Scotland.
It is difficult to say at the moment. The new regulations must be given a few months to bed in but, in any case, I cannot possibly set out a timescale at the end of which we will be ready to look again at the matter or to make changes.
It would be wrong for us to give the impression that we can do that. It is fair to say that this is new territory for everybody, including the committee and the minister.
The Scottish Ballet board seems determined to take that road, but the public want much less to go down it.We have been assured that classical training will be maintained in the new contemporary modern dance format.