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If the area officer has a problem, as I do with what is happening in the Borders, we make frequent visits. I have been to the Borders at least once a fortnight to visit schools and meet officials.
The bill talks about establishing prostitution tolerance zones, but I understand that the Leith and Aberdeen experiments managed existing situations and did not create new zones. The attempt to create a new zone in the Lothians failed.
We have no interest in implementing the bill in a way that denies the benefits that should flow from the new scheme. We have no desire to undo all the good work that has been done to promote and encourage volunteering in Scotland.
Equity has three yardsticks for testing whether the new Arts Council of England money is being put to proper use: larger casts, longer rehearsals and more new productions.
Are we agreed that the power should be subject to the affirmative procedure?Members indicated agreement. New section 72B(5) amends section 84 of the 2003 act.