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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.
We should perhaps consider organic farming in the uplands as a way of helping to provide a new opportunity for some farmers—sheep farmers in particular, but also some cattle farmers—to exploit a new market or a market that may be developing.