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With no direct funding for implementation there is only the hope that they will seek to develop their strategies based on goodwill and the belief that it is the correct thing to do:
A difficult thing for us to do, is to get all councils to sign up to a policy or a framework with 0 pounds and 0 pence (RP17).
We need to start to address those economic activity issues at home, encourage more people to get back into the workplace and ensure that people who live in Scotland have the opportunity to be employed.
Bilateral programmes are going on between the UK and France but, when enough bilateral activity is happening, that gets to a tipping point for having a framework.
Graham Simpson will drill into those areas in a little more detail, but just for clarity, are you saying that all that type of activity—that non-compliant activity—stopped on 31 December?
Do you see any opportunities for us to improve our offer in Ayrshire to get our citizens who prefer to work in the Glasgow area to get there faster, quicker and smarter—with park and rides and all that stuff?
It encourages pupils to run, jog, wheel or walk daily. The active schools programmes, which are also free to schools, create opportunities for young people to get involved—and stay involved—in sport.
We are working with some of those smaller companies to get them into the middle east market, because it is easier to get into Dubai than it is to get into Europe.
That is great and it is creating a hive of activity around it. However, to meet the scale of need, we all need to get real and get with what people are pledging to invest.