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We do not have any of that kind of thinking permeating transport at present.I realise that we cannot compare ourselves directly with the likes of Sweden.
The first is to"Increase business investment in research and development compared to OECD competitors";the second is to"Improve productivity levels in Scottish industry compared to OECD competitors";and the third is to"Increase entrepreneurial activity in Scotland over time."
I hope that, at some time in the new year, I will be able to visit the Steiner school that I have been anxious to visit for a while.I am disappointed that no Labour member is present in the chamber for today's debate.
The £25 cost of obtaining a passport for an animal's lifetime—plus perhaps the £40 cost of vet fees—is infinitesimally small compared with the overall cost of keeping a horse.
It may be modest in size and purpose compared with other bills that the Parliament deals with, but it has the potential to have a positive effect on many people's lives.
If another member of the committee is interested in examining transport issues on a comparative basis, they should get in touch with me, and we will try to develop some of those issues and report back to the committee in due course.
I suppose that the theology behind that view might be true; however, as far as the real politics of the matter is concerned, I do not expect that too many of our colleagues in the chamber will expend some substantial amounts of time on scrutiny in the absence of any comparable stage 1 or stage 2 consideration.
The amount that we would gain by imposing a climate change levy on farmers would not be significant compared to the contribution that would be made by transport and by home heating.