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I have always said that I will be open-minded if people present new evidence, but there is no point in setting up an inquiry unless it appears that there is new evidence to be considered.
Those notes will help local authorities with the new duties. They detail what the authorities should be looking for and the various steps that they should take if they discover a problem with a pollutant.
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.