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That must form the background to the discussion.There has been quite a lot of dancing on the head of pins this morning, and I, too, am going to dance on the head of a pin, in relation to the VAT issue, which I raised at the meeting on 20 November.
In my constituency responsibilities, I am working with Russian interests to see a statue to Michael Barclay de Tolly, who was the field marshal who defeated Napoleon when he invaded Russia, and who came from Banff in my constituency, erected later this year in the grounds of the University of Aberdeen, so I speak with a personal interest in the matter.
When traffic levels reach a certain point, the traffic just comes to a standstill at many points on that road.In my view, the decision to de-trunk that road some years ago was a demonstration that it was not a suitable road for development.
We will certainly accept the EIS’s offer of help in pinning down the costs of some resources and I look forward to hearing from the organisation about that.The committee will be taking evidence for its inquiry for the next few weeks.
In effect, the groups are badges. It is for people to pin what badge they want to on themselves as part of a more integrated and rich mongrel nation that we want to be.
I think that we are dancing on the head of a pin over this. If we want to have a discussion about the activities that might be covered by these terms, I am happy to do that, but we have to have the discussion.
There are some older pieces of legislation from Westminster that, for various reasons, have not been commenced and some acts that, for various reasons, are not yet fully commenced. Do not pin me down on what they are, however; I would have to go back to the memory banks.
We expect the work to start in the new year and conclude next summer.I am hesitant to pin down a timescale for the 2013 report, as it is still slightly experimental.
Many people have expressed concern about the issue, which is very difficult to pin down—it is very difficult to ascertain exactly what the impact might be.