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Presumably our response can give credit for the guidance but note our concern on style and in regard to the clarification on penalties that is still needed.
The major movement of freight in Scotland just now is coal from opencast sites and through Hunterston to Longannet and Cockenzie, but particularly to power stations in the Ayr valley.
There is no target for the number of additional tourists that will be attracted to Scotland as a result of the events to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Union of the Crowns.
The committees have their own dynamic and, as Mr McCabe outlined, if they work productively and strongly they will inform not just the future of the Parliament but the future of everything that the Parliament does.
(S1O-641) The Minister for Rural Affairs (Ross Finnie): Yes. All tests of GM crops with sites in Scotland have been subject to detailed risk assessment by the independent Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment.
Our first question will come from Andrew Welsh. I want to pursue the issue of future waiting time targets. The introduction of the future waiting time targets is only one year and nine months away, and it is clear that they are demanding.
It will allow the committee to monitor progress and measure our success or otherwise at future presentations and discussions against a set of indicators.
We have asked boards to ensure that the waiting time is reduced to 26 weeks—that is the target that is in place and we want boards to make progress toward achieving it.