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Its objectives are twofold: to establish a bank holiday on St Andrew's day or, if that day falls on a weekend, on the following Monday; and to facilitate the creation of a national day to celebrate Scotland.
I think that there will be a lot of discussion of and follow-up on that issue. I do not think that matters will be straightforward.Before I close the meeting, I draw members' attention to the fact that we have been joined by Ian Duncan, who is the new parliamentary representative in Brussels.
Some autistic children are home educated and are following the Lovaas programme. I believe that Stirling Council pays some of the costs of that in its area, but the City of Edinburgh Council does not.
If the creation of a buffer zone around the infected area would help to achieve that, that would be a sensible suggestion to follow. Would it make sense to have better road disinfection procedures?
Of course, the judicial committee of the Privy Council has still to consider that issue, which is under appeal. I will follow up Michael Matheson's questions.
They are advisory in nature but are, I believe, very influential, and any decision not to follow the thrust of a circular would have to be well founded.
There are potential benefits, but only if we follow a constructive strategy. I have not answered Kenny MacAskill's other questions on climate change, as that is a matter for another day.
There is a detailed briefing in the follow-up to the inspection. There is always a dichotomy between what is written in the report and the verbal support from the inspectors.