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That will enable us to properly assess projects from the outset, so that we have the best candidates. We want to be open about the information that we receive about all candidate national developments and about how we assess them.
All of the places that the member mentioned can of course put forward proposals, but decisions will be made on the basis of trying to get the best deal for the taxpayer and the passenger.
Officials are currently working with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities on how best to utilise the existing resources or how to distribute them fairly.
We have tried to update that to the best of our ability in the new report, and that might be particularly useful in advance of the publication of the spending review later this month.
That feeds back into my previous comments about how the Scottish Government, and indeed the UK Government, can best support local producers in a world where China and other countries are significantly subsidising their producers.
If you cannot be in the epicentre of the universe that is Shettleston, Shetland is probably the next best place to be.11:38Meeting continued in private until 12:38.