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Commendation is due.A central matter is the development of a single transport agency, with which I have some issues. There are always pros and cons to centralising any power, which ministers must address.
If they are new announcements, notice should have been given of them; if they are reannouncements, the minister is conning the Parliament and the people of Scotland.
One member of a three-person tribunal could have such professional expertise, which could be immediately available.Both sheriff courts and tribunals have pros and cons. We have simply said in our submission that it is worth considering those options, but we do not have a fixed view on which is preferable.
We have probably all demanded further action plans, strategies and commitments to X, Y and Z at some point, although that could clutter the landscape even more.
However, the investigation might discover information about Mr Y, which might be insufficient to bring a case against him, but which could trigger another line of inquiry.
In the Gaelic-medium schools that I have visited in the recent past, I have seen good modern, colourful materials that would not have been there a few years ago.