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Let us consider the only proper comparator—the Scotland Act 1998. Following the publication of the white paper, it took five months to get to a bill and 48 weeks for that bill to complete its parliamentary passage.
In the interests of clarity and transparency, will the Liberal Democrats follow the example of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and tell us where their £800 million-worth of cuts will come from?
I thank you all for coming to Parliament this morning and giving us thoughtful, exciting and stimulating evidence. We will follow up the matters that have been raised.
It is very frustrating for our scheduling team, too, as Alan Clements and I were discussing on the way through.When we put out “Sports Centre” on a Friday night, for example, we have to some extent to follow the action of sport during that week.
As I advised in my response to the stage 2 report, the intention is to provide a route that will follow the maintenance access through Echline fields to the east of the southern approach road to the southern bridge abutment.
If the bill is enacted in its current form, the guidance that follows will be essential. The guidance will provide peace of mind for landowners and others who are slightly worried about the open nature of the provision.