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Current drainage constraints have blocked development of more than 1,200 potential open-market housing sites in Perth and Kinross; worse, that includes more than 250 sites that would have been earmarked for the development of affordable housing.
Work on the issue and discussion between planning officials and officials in the Environment and Rural Affairs Department has been going on for some time.
To me, that is the Parliament's will. If I suddenly just followed official lines and did what the adults wanted me to do or what adults thought was important, I would betray the trust that has been put in me.
Perhaps some of the earlier witnesses will revisit the issue after they have read the Official Report of the meeting. Is there hard evidence that road safety would be improved if the speed limit were increased on certain roads that were considered appropriate?
Do members agree that we should meet at 9.30 am again in order to review the evidence in the Official Report? I hope that members will have time to get their heads around what we have heard so far so that we can put some of the evidence to our new witnesses.
After discussions with Scottish Executive officials, we expected that funding would be made available certainly by the coming fiscal year—that is, by 1 April 2004—if not earlier.