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The petitioners are worried that the brown trout fishings in Loch Arklet and the surrounding lochs, which are an important asset of the park, are not being managed in the way in which they were managed when they were in the hands of the water board.
The committee is joined by the local MSP, Janis Hughes, and the Glasgow list MSP, Robert Brown. They have an interest in this matter because of the location that is being talked about by the petitioners.
I have no problem with projecting expectations of growth; I just do not see that it is politically sustainable to have a target for growth. Gordon Brown might or might not have made a stick with which to beat himself.
I hope that your convulsions are not caused by any evidence that we have submitted, and that you will stay the course. Gerry Brown and Alex Prentice cannot be with us because of court commitments, so we are bereft.
There seems to be something wrong with that, especially when we view how economically important that part of the country is to Scotland and to Gordon Brown's revenue chest. I will answer the last part of the question first.