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That is a particular issue. I thank Mary Scanlon for her intervention, which was useful and appropriate.In New Zealand’s judicial system there is explicit recognition of the issue, which is given due prominence in legislation.
I do not think that a £2 billion investment in school building—under the current Administration—is "woefully thin".I have in front of me a letter about West Lothian schools from Mary Mulligan that was sent out to voters during the 2007 election campaign.
Although that money was ring fenced previously, it is no longer ring fenced and is now all wrapped up in the local government settlement. Mary Mulligan's point was slightly different—it was about encouraging people to register.
Along with committed investment, for example in the M74, those projects will completely change the accessibility of that area.Some issues around regeneration are not necessarily about brownfield development. As Mary Mulligan probably knows from her constituency the heartlands development in greenfield developments support regeneration of communities.
It takes an 11-year-old to go on the Lesley Riddoch show and give short shrift to the man from the Adam Smith Institute, which Mary Mulligan mentioned, when he was trying to say that fair trade is not a particularly valuable thing.
When I used to go in the 1980s along with my cousin Rose-Marie, she was the sole woman in large parts of the ground, but when I took my daughter Carys to her first game a couple of years ago, I am pleased to say that that situation had changed.
I would have thought that you would welcome that. To follow on from Mary Mulligan's point, can I be clear that you are not publishing the absolute criteria for how you will gauge success?
This year, Jackie Baillie, Richard Simpson and Helen Eadie have all dismissed weather forecasting as unreliable, the latter joining Mary Scanlon in rubbishing weather forecasts specifically as they apply to the state of the roads in winter.
I urge the Scottish Government not just to offer warm words but to take the necessary action. I agree with Mary Mulligan on one thing—that it has been a good and informative debate.