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As I say, representations are regularly made to me on the matter.More worrying still, though, is the feeling expressed on my visit to China three weeks ago that, as a result of these caps, Chinese students are receiving a less than enthusiastic welcome.
However, when the bay is designated, it is not for the sole use of that blue badge holder—any other blue badge holder who is resident in or visiting the area can use the bay. Could that situation give rise to confusion or animosity?
In the private sector, there have been some fantastic initiatives for people with disabilities. Not so long ago, I visited a distillery in which the bottling line had been designed so that people with physical disabilities could work on it.
A lot of work has to go in between now and then to make that happen, but I am confident that it is a realistic timescale. The committee has visited the existing bridge, and there has been discussion, including last week, about high-sided vehicles not using the bridge after about 2012 or 2013.
Should rental income from any additional property be banded rather than specified, in order to protect the tenants? There is a view that declaring the income from heritable property deals with matters that are personal to tenants as well as to the property owner.
Although it is undoubtedly tempting to see Mr Russell as some form of giant ministerial hogweed, I am on record as welcoming those summer visits—so long as they stop short of the approach taken by wartime GIs, to whom Roseanna Cunningham referred.