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By making the decision one of last resort and by setting out the factors that must be considered, such as alternatives to closure and the impact on the community, we are de facto creating a presumption. Is it a matter of semantics?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 August 2008
You either have an ethical position or you do not. If the law changes, you express your ethical position. When the law changes you do not say, “Gosh, I must think of a new way of expressing my ethics.”
It is open to committee members to express their views. I am conscious that we have received very specific evidence on the Beauly to Denny power line, which the petition does not mention—it is broader than that.
I acknowledge the interest that Margaret Mitchell has consistently expressed on the issue of carers. The provisions within the agreement that we have reached with local government make specific reference to the requirement to make progress on the carers strategy.
So far, £15.6 million of that has been awarded to 198 communities, and 700 organisations or communities have expressed interest in it. More and more communities throughout Scotland are being attracted to the scheme and are finding out about it.
I was particularly delighted to hear of the support from Nelson Mandela and I personally met Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, who expressed his agreement with my decision.