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However, I think that it would add to the whole process if the committee also heard directly from some of the women whose lives have been affected by the issue.
In fact, as we speak, the strain gauge monitoring system is going live. Around about now, we will probably be doing a simulated load test on that to gather information.
I am not being critical of the process—after all, we do not live in a perfect world; I simply want to flag up the importance of having a proper environmental understanding.
People can, if they are given the tools, sometimes make a much better job when they are in control of their own lives and communities. Land reform is moving in that direction.
It is recognition that we, as a society, work and live differently from when the retained duty system was created, which goes back to after world war two.
Children will go to the nursery and then move on to the primary school and the secondary school. I live in a very popular area where there is huge demand.
They can also see where there is a job that they might be able to do. They might have lived their whole life in Aberdeen and may not be keen on their job being transferred to Dundee or anywhere else in the country.