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Now, having made my comments and having been grossly unfair to Mr Ballance, I give him the opportunity to make his pitch. I acknowledge that his proposed group meets the criteria set down by Parliament, as interpreted by the committee.
Local kids will probably not be able to afford to play on the floodlit pitches; they will certainly not be able to have informal kickabouts, because the land will be fenced off.
In Glasgow, we are afflicted with appalling blaes pitches. Such pitches may be just about acceptable for football, but one could not possibly play rugby on them.
It is important to clarify in the standing orders whether reasoned amendments are allowable.I will make my pitch at the outset: I think that reasoned amendments should be allowed, for the good reason that most amendments to bills are likely to be amendments to Executive bills.
The third part of the site is a considerable area—probably about three-fifths of the site—made up of a playing field, an Astroturf pitch and a rugby pitch. It is intended that they remain playing fields for local amenity use.
Sportscotland often negotiates alternative sports pitches with developers".Often those sports pitches are a long way from areas that were local and accessible to the people who used them.