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The committee has previously decided that requirements for additional research might be investigated and that we should consider a bid for Parliament research funding at this meeting. We have had the chance to question the people who have conducted two major pieces of research.
Given the subject matter of the regulations, perhaps they should also have been sent to the Environment and Rural Development Committee, which might have had a more informed view than we do about the detail of the operation of marine fish farming.
(S2O-3902) The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has recently established a network of five existing prosecutors to develop a greater specialism in fisheries-related offences.
That does not in anyway prevent improvements from being introduced in due course and the Scottish Executive has ambitious plans to support the development of new and improved services.
Scottish ParliamentRural Development CommitteeMonday 21 January 2002(Afternoon) The Convener opened the meeting at 14:04 Good afternoon everybody, and welcome to the Rural Development Committee.
Can the minister advise us of the overall cost of the planning inquiry into the Ayr United stadium and retail developments? Does he feel that he has received value for money from that planning inquiry, given his rejection of the reporter's findings?
The view of the Scottish Executive is that as a Scottish housing minister I would be failing in my duty were I not to work with the City of Glasgow to develop proposals—I stress "work with", because I am the joint chair of the steering group.