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I am sure that we will be able to get into that debate in more detail during the passage of the Transport (Scotland) Bill. I have two quick questions for you, minister.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 December 2001
I hope that part of the commission's work will be assisting us in producing a bill that will allow us to proceed speedily to legislation when appropriate.
One of the things that we are asked to do in the guidelines from the previous Equal Opportunities Committee is to take equal opportunities into account in primary legislation and to ask whether bill sponsors—Executive or otherwise—have assessed the implications.
I am aware that my response to Mr Stone's first question did not sound very sympathetic or helpful. Too right. Let me try to be more sympathetic and helpful in my second answer.
It would be a major urban motorway, running right through the centre of a city. There would be a lot of local traffic as well as a high proportion of commuting traffic.
I appeal to him to rewind from where he is and pick the right fight—a fight on behalf of teachers in Scotland—to get some money out of Gordon Brown's war chest.