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For the reasons that I gave before, their plight is of pressing concern and I know that members of all parties have expressed concern in the Parliament about that in various ways.
I take it that the reason why SNH is no longer a statutory consultee is that the list of protected sites has now been developed. It might be interesting to find out how people can apply to have sites included on that list.
Nobody is denying that, but the point that has been made is that there is a significant difference between what Linda Fabiani is talking about and completely new sites where there is no water and sewerage infrastructure at all.
Biodiversity Action Plan To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Natural Heritage is monitoring the status of species listed as a priority for action under the United Kingdom biodiversity action plan generally or only in sites of special scientific interest.
The other reason for the meeting was to allow members to have a look at the site. Members felt that it was important to visit the site to get a better perspective and to see how the operation of a wind farm might impact on the area.
A couple on average income would be hit significantly. I give Tommy Sheridan credit where credit is due. On this issue, he is putting his head above the parapet and saying what he believes in; I am doing the same in my response.