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It is about the rigour of practice, hand-to-eye co-ordination and broadening the mind and expanding brain cells at a time of life when someone can learn fastest, before they start to go downhill—which I am told is from 24 onwards.
The intention is to encourage better co-ordination of transport services and transport policies regionally, while allowing scope for initiative and innovation to suit local circumstances.
You have probably seen the booklet about voluntary partnerships that the Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers produced, which shows that there are quite a lot of such partnerships going on.
With him are Liz Lewis, who is head of the ministerial support group, and Richard Dennis, who is the finance co-ordination team leader and a regular attender at these meetings.
A large part of the investment goes into track, which cannot be shifted elsewhere.This is a personal feeling, but I feel slight discomfort about the transport authority, although it might co-ordinate timetables even better than they are co-ordinated now.
We cannot anticipate the final outcome of the bill, but we have already started a dialogue with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities on key aspects such as the new regulatory framework and the co-ordination of future planning and investment.
One of the key priorities of my party has been a department of health and community care to co-ordinate resource allocation and to co-ordinate the work of health and social services in local government.