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Members will remember that Mr Wright was concerned that the authority would not get the same planning authority status as other national parks such as the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.
We plead that the committee give the proposal careful consideration, as at the moment we do not get parliamentary half-days and have no prospect of getting one over the next four years.
Apologies have been received from Bill Butler and Brian Fitzpatrick. An attempt was made to get Jackie Baillie as a substitute, but she also found it impossible to get to the committee this morning.
We have been given an assurance that it would not be retrospective. We should probably get that in writing. Yes. A wee bit of clarification is required, but we do not need to worry about it.