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We want our schools to be well built, to make efficient use of scarce resources and to provide best value for money. Those issues should be matters of economics and social welfare, not political dogma.
It is only when those crucial parts of policing are as good as they can be that the number of police officers that we have will be able to provide the best response and deliver the best service to our community.I turn briefly to the role of police boards, whose scrutiny of how local police services work has been hear...
I agree with the latter objective, but we should not make the best the enemy of the good by delaying some legislative action until we think that all legislative action is possible.
The UK Government is not deliberately making decisions that go against the Scottish economy. What is best for London and the south-east of England is not necessarily best for Scotland.
If installations continue at that rate, they will not represent the sea change that we hoped for.We have the best potential marine energy resources in Europe, and possibly the second best in the world, but we are not the only ones in the game.
We already have audits, SWIA and the view that local authorities must do their best. If they do not, they are open to criticism locally and, ultimately, here in this committee or in the parliamentary chamber.
The new Acharacle primary school will need hardly any extra heat put into it. Does the member agree that it is best to build houses that will need no energy in the first place?