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Much is said about the shelter offered to vessels at Scapa Flow, but because of ballasting issues the vessels have to go out to sea to de-ballast before coming back alongside.
I do not know whether knowledge about the history of the drafting of the bill might help us. As I said, there are de facto standard conditions, which include one about good behaviour and another about not quitting the country.
Did those students understand that there was that threat in Scotland, and was that part and parcel of their considering whether to apply this year for a place at a higher education institution in Scotland? The de facto position is that it is cheaper to study in Scotland.
Sometimes changes that appear to be de minimis—as in the example of a 4ft change to the location of a footprint of a building—have planning impacts that are so significant that they might make one change from accepting a proposal to refusing it.
Having a dedicated resource that is at the behest of licensing boards or local authorities seems to be a sensible way of trying to preserve the monitoring and compliance role.In some ways, having such a dedicated resource might de-escalate the confrontations—that might not be the right word—that arise with some licensees or their staff.
There can also be a lot of local resistance to schemes. You said that de facto partnerships are in place. I can understand the operator's point of view and even the local government point of view that such partnerships would cut down on bureaucracy, but there is nothing in writing in such cases that would allow users to test or challenge what is provided by...
The main problem with the bureau is its composition, from which flows its method of working and the problems with transparency. De facto, the bureau has an Executive majority because of the coalition partners.
Do we need to spend quite so much time assessing precisely what is excellence, by discipline, and— Sorry, Des. We are here to hear Dr Taylor's point of view.
I want to pursue one point, although I do not want to go too far up the cul-de-sac. I find the business of the relationship with Fife Health Board extraordinary.