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As is customary, I congratulate Duncan McNeil and his colleagues, particularly Johann Lamont, on the motion. It may be composite, but it is apt and appropriate that we should discuss it.
I understand that that assurance has been given to parents of pupils in primary 6 and primary 7, but I am not clear that it counts for parents of children in the infants section. Sylvia Jackson may wish to comment on that later if she has further information on that point.
There is also no certainty that that will be the charge for the foreseeable future: the charge may go up over time.There are two other concerns, which John Farquhar Munro and other members have referred to.
It is why we must say that we cannot continue to cull after the end of May, because there would be a high risk of leaving unattended young underground.
The contract for Orkney and Shetland came into existence only recently—members may have seen in the news only last week the announcement that a new ferry operator is taking over that contract.
That poses a problem in itself. Some may wish to argue—and do so cogently—that there are parts of remote rural areas that one would deem to be worse than parts of other areas, but it is not correct to say that we can simply cut off 20 per cent of those who are within the less favoured area; the scheme has to cover all those who qualify within the less favou...