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I hope that they will remain tied up in Scotland, that they will not appear in Brussels and that they will engage sensibly and semi-coherently in the important negotiations.
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the second meeting this year of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Bill Committee.
There is also the bigger point about how we have got into a tartan-plated situation in which Scotland, uniquely in Europe, has a licensing system for the reuse of planings from public roads to repair people's farmyards and tracks, which seems odd.
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The fact that the programme is universal means that any eligible person whose system breaks down—even if they live in the largest house in Scotland—is entitled to a new one. That situation is new.
The Executive proposes submitting to the committee a series of papers on the key EU issues that it considers are of most importance to Scotland. We reckon that about 20 papers will be submitted each year, which should complement the issues that we and other committees highlight in the Commission's work programme.
The report describes NHS 24 as"the biggest health project ever launched by the SE … with implications for every household in Scotland."Why then did the First Minister fail to ensure that it was properly managed?