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I want to make a correction. I am anxious about the recess, which is next week. The next meeting is on 27 October, when members will get a chance to speak to the minister.
After all, here we are before the summer recess, setting out to Parliament our intention to legislate.The consultation will of course be open to contraction and convergence and other questions—the Government will carefully examine the evidence.
We all agree about the reopening of Kintore station. The date is yet to be agreed, but the proposal is in the document and the intention is that it will happen.
The significance of that is not just that it pre-dates the settlements on Iona and Lindisfarne but that its importance to Christians remained throughout the centuries to come.
How soon will the original prototype that was funded by WATES be ready for the next stage of support? Can we date that at this stage? That is probably a question for Max Carcas.
We must audit the skills that people have to ascertain whether they are sufficiently up to date to allow efficient use of the money that has been made available for the systems that you want to be installed.
We all want questions to be answered timeously.As the minister noted in her letter of 10 July, the Executive's holidays do not necessarily follow the Parliament's recessdates. When staff come and go, there will be other urgent business to pick up.