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We must streamline our efforts, so that the public can identify with this important issue and find it easy to get support and information.I hope that the minister will give us good news, because we have been waiting for the Government to make energy efficiency a priority.
As has been clear throughout our consideration of the bill, the key is to try to get such things more or less sorted out before a case gets to the preliminary hearing.
Although I want to ensure that Mr Douglas and Mr Ferguson get their fair share of time, I need to finish this evidence session at about 10 to 4 at the latest, because we need to consider the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Bill, which we cannot postpone.
However, we have to be imaginative about how we consult people. Some consultations manage to get about 14 people in a room, but when communities organise themselves, they manage to get 1,000 people in a hall.