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It is the responsibility of the lead committee—because it is on top of the issues in a way that we are not—to determine when a change is substantial and when it is not and to question the Executive on the extent of the consultation and so on.
To achieve the purpose of the bill's amendment to the existing legislation, it is sufficient to say that banned gear was knowingly used. I fear that putting intention on top of knowledge will encourage mischievous defence tactics in court.
It may be that members will agree that we put Hampden at the top of the agenda, but we must consider that alongside other issues.First, I want to deal with the teachers' wage settlement and whether we want to invite the minister and, as Ian suggested, the other two negotiating parties—the teachers and management—to discuss it.
She told me that in the first election ballot she had voted for the SNP in North Tayside because she believed that the abolition of tuition fees would be at the top of our priorities. She was confident that I would come to the Parliament and vote for the abolition of tuition fees.
Kilchurn castle at the head of Loch Awe, which features, in all its grandeur, on the VisitScotland website, is now very difficult to get to on foot, because Network Rail has locked the access gates.
The terrible trouble is that although the oil industry is such an important part of the economy here, we know that it will die eventually. At the moment there are huge opportunities; half the gas and oil have not been taken out of the North sea.