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However, you are telling us that you looked at the contract and decided that, based on your expertise and history in the shipbuilding trade, the best company to get the contract was FMEL, and that it got the contract because of its price, its quality and its past reputation.
Therefore, the question remains: how do we best reform our land system for the benefit of the country as a whole and not simply a select few who make vast sums of money from the land that belongs to us all?
As I said in my submission, altering the amount that we pay per band would be a good option to start with. It would be best if we had a planned timetable. There are things that we could do in the interim.
That change needs to reflect the moving ball of public policy in different arenas. Legislation might well be the best way of resolving any long-term problems with the interface between, for example, health and care.
Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. As you hinted, I landed the best job in the world 10 years ago: parliamentary officer to a Parliament that did not exist—for a few months, at any rate.
PE1098 is by Lynn Merrifield, and seeks to ensure the provision of three-point seat belts for every school child passenger on school buses and to ensure that, as part of a best-value regime, local authorities have proper regard to such safety requirements.