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Without a fishing industry, many of those communities will simply die. The problem is that, because the fish are decreasing in numbers, the industry is not sustainable.
All 50 of Glasgow's tenants associations oppose the housing stock transfer. Homelessness and child poverty are increasing in Glasgow under this Government.
However, in Aberdeenshire, there might be a specific local problem that has to be taken into account, in the same way as the 26 inhabited islands have to be taken into account in Argyll and Bute.
When we first moved on to the site, the warden was not allowed to keep electricity cards, there were 7ft or 8ft gates with barbed wire around the site and there was a phone box that took only cards—it did not take coins in case we stole them. There was no need for the warden to be there because he was not even in contact with us.
I know that, if the intention is to change public attitudes to enhance the status of homosexual unions, that is for the best of reasons. However, the other side of the coin is that that will detract from the special status of marriage.
So it is common for SLAB to turn down applications for civil cases. The other side of the coin is that women consulting us have been told by the police to instruct solicitors to initiate civil proceedings to find a remedy that one would have expected the police to provide, such as protection.
They told me that many of them had married marines and had, over time, been transferred to Dorset.The Scottish Parliament has a responsibility to ensure that we address the issues that are before the chamber today.