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If they are serving that niche well, the burden of trying to get funding should be taken off their management. When we visit them, that is what we are told needs to happen.
However—the committee has previously discussed the general issue—members of the Communities Committee prepared themselves not only by reading up on the subject matter, but by going round different parts of Scotland. Indeed, Patrick Harvie and I visited some weird and wonderful places at least four to six months before the bill was introduced.
For two months now, the Parliament has heard repeated assurances from the First Minister about his desire for a protocol with the Home Office to govern the operation of enforcement home visits, which are otherwise known as dawn raids.
The bill will allow the police to arrest people on suspicion of possession, and that wider power of arrest—if it is used—will result in additional arrests, additional visits to the procurator fiscal and so on; in other words, it will have additional costs.
The Health and Safety Executive works with union health and safety officers in visiting non-unionised sites—essentially it uses the expertise that trade unions have in the sector to its advantage and to the advantage of the general workforce.We would like to consider such schemes.
There are great opportunities, and we picked up a lot of what you have just talked about when we visited Skye, where we heard about the opportunities for Gaelic speakers to take part-time teacher training courses, and so on.
A key component of the business case—patronage forecasts—is based on the number of people moving into the area. The site visit indicated that there were not many areas of potential growth in the number of domestic residences along the route to the airport.
That is precisely why we need to establish an independent regulator that will have the resources to enable it to regulate the bodies it will oversee. OSCR will not visit charities, but it will listen to and spot check information that is provided to it.
It is essential that community councils raise their voices to protect this vital public service. It is a pleasure at any time to visit any part of my constituency, but it is a particular pleasure when I go to Kinloch Rannoch, Glenisla or Glen Esk.
I am more than happy to answer that later, but I am not an expert on the issue; I am sorry.Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting Edinburgh airport. I took with me my constituency organiser, Conor Snowden, who is a transport enthusiast.