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I echo some of the comments that have been made about the tranquillity of the current site. However, the appropriate site for the delivery of the service must be a decision for Lothian Health, the local authority and Waverley Care Trust.
It is not justice to give these villages another landfill site. Question! When will the First Minister recognise the need for an annual reduction in the amount of waste that is being produced in Scotland?
I am aware that members have been invited to the site. We are trying to organise a visit, in which there is a reasonable level of interest, which should please the petitioner.
That gives us an opportunity for further correspondence with the relevant officials and the minister."—Official Report, Rural Development Committee, 30 January 2001; c 1662-63.That action was in train anyway, without the motion having been lodged.
Greenfield Sites (PE1024) The next petition is PE1024 from Ray Atkinson, on behalf of Achareidh Open Space Action Group, calling for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to introduce legislation to prevent the development of greenfield sites in existing residential areas when they have a proven val...
(S1O-3149) A robust planning policy framework and a range of other regulations govern operations in and around such sites. I am grateful for that answer.
I want to record that I met representatives of the University of Edinburgh and the preferred bidders for the Cramond site, to allow them to outline to me the current negotiations with the City of Edinburgh Council's planning department.