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There is no clear alternative proposition to the council tax, which commands majority support in this Parliament, so an implementation forum seems somewhat presumptive.
I discussed the matter with the local commander, Kate Thomson, yesterday. There will, of course, be the opportunity for staff to relocate to other remaining control rooms, and those in Glasgow and Motherwell are the closest.
We just need to transport the model on.I hope that the committee will be extremely supportive of the petition, which commands cross-party support. Do members have any final comments?
It was my grandfather who taught me everything about freedom and sacrifice. He served as the lieutenant commander on a destroyer in the north Atlantic.
We all recognise that there are tremendous opportunities to reform public services and make them more efficient through the application of AI, but we must do so in a way that commands confidence. Full public engagement and parliamentary scrutiny will be key to commanding confidence.
This in turn has led the Scottish Command and Control User Group to set up a small working group, under the Deputy Project Manager of the National Command and Control Project, to prepare a National Standard for Incident Recording.
It is undoubtedly the case that both this Parliament and the Scottish Government as an institution command greater trust, respect and a sense of relevance from the people of Scotland than Whitehall and Westminster do.