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If there is a need for temporary help or subventions, that is a cost to the system, so ideally we would like all colleges to manage themselves competently and not to get into financial difficulty.
Despite all the residential development in the part of the north of Edinburgh concerned, could there still be some potential for park-and-ride facilities? The committee visited the area, and there is scope to use land at some of the new factory, commercial or office locations at the waterfront for park-and-ride facilities.
One way forward, although it is not ideal, is for us to put in writing the questions that have not been asked and pursue any burning issues orally for an extra 10 minutes.
Such a situation was described to us in one area that we visited in Glasgow; we were told that we had no idea what it feels like to have fought for a house in an area where you wanted to stay only to find that all you want to do now is to get out.
I am delighted that planning advice note 67 on housing quality concentrates on those areas.When one visits places like Shetland, however, it is possible to see the Scandinavian-style houses that were built for public housing needs.
We have the necessary skills base, which has been developed through our involvement in heavy engineering, shipbuilding and the oil industry. Those skills are ideally suited to developing renewable energy and, more important, are available immediately.
For example, when we were in Dalry, we visited a business where we were told about the cost of the electricity that was required for that business to expand.
In his evidence, the chief medical officer argued that, if the bill is enacted, there might be a conflict. You disagreed with that. In an ideal world, the bill would be enacted, a UK bill would be enacted and we would all have what we wanted.
When the Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee visited the Queen's Cross Housing Association, which has some very desirable housing in the west end of Glasgow, we asked a similar question.