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I beg your pardon; I should have called Keith Brown. As the member said, discussions are being held between the SFT and local authorities along with others who are involved in hub projects.
I met the then Minister for Transport and Veterans, Keith Brown, and his officials and made a strong case to them that the limit had to be increased, because it would have been an absolute disaster if the average-speed cameras had come on and we had left the HGV limit at 40mph.
The fact that it has been used as a hub for health visitors to deliver health checks and to promote early years developmental activities and has been involved in partnerships with the Orkney Talking Newspaper, the Orkney Family History Society and the George Mackay Brown Fellowship demonstrates the breadth and reach of the library.
I congratulate everybody associated with the Ryder cup event over its three days. 15:06 I have spoken to Keith Brown, who reiterates his commitment to looking at that.
I have been absolutely open with Parliament about that over time and I have answered numerous questions from Mr Brown and others on the issue. The question that we should focus on is why the Government had to embark on the non-profit distributing programme.
One can therefore understand why farmers such as Jim Brown of Gaindykehead farm near Airdrie have said: “As we have seen from DEFRA Minister Owen Paterson and the UK Government’s actions over the recent debacle of CAP convergence funding—they do not have Scottish farming’s interests at heart, and indeed are taking decisions which remove vital funding from ...
My father was a country doctor and, very fortunately, barely a day would go by without his returning with a brown paper bag full of eggs, a pat of butter, a tub of crowdie or some home-made cheese.
The next question is, that motion S3M-497, in the name of Keith Brown, on behalf of the Procedures Committee, on merging the Procedures Committee and the Standards and Public Appointments Committee, be agreed to.