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Taking one case out of the ordinary is not necessarily the best thing to do.Our members in Scottish Environment LINK are involved with hundreds of planning cases every year that involve renewables developments across Scotland and other issues that affect the environment.
We are also having conversations with South Ayrshire, not only in connection with the great opportunity that might exist with the new University of the West of Scotland moving in but on the challenge of reopening the Gaiety theatre in Ayr.We hope to make the best out of each local authority partnership that we can.
I am not committing any of my commission colleagues on that, but we can debate what resource there is and where it comes from. We can ask whether the resource best comes from charging people for services or whether it is part of our Scottish ethos of simply providing the best of services to those who need them most.
Plus a tax free lump sum relating to three times classic service. A taxable pension based on best salary in last three tax years divided by 60 and multiplied by number of years service.
There is cause for celebration about the decision to reopen the station, but much work needs to be done to ensure that it provides the best link, not just between Aberdeen and Kintore but between Aberdeen and Inverness.
Introducing free prescriptions is one of the best things that this Parliament has done.We know that means testing, as posited by Labour, immediately creates injustices.