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The survey revealed that just over 60 per cent of those athletes aspire to be the best in the world. The question arises: why do more of our best athletes not aim for the top?
The role of Government is not always simply to react to what is happening; sometimes Government has to say what seems sensible and good and what may be best for society. Sometimes Government should promote such things as best it can.
Amendment 6 places the community justice authorities under a duty to publish their annual report. That would be in line with best practice and in the interests of an open exchange of information.
The point that Mr Gorrie raises has been considered in some detail. I assure him that the best legal advice available to us at the moment is that our proposals are sustainable should they be challenged.
That shows what happens when there is a challenge to the people who have—in theory—been representing an area. They might not always be the best people to represent that area. When we asked the officials how many councillors they thought there should be in the Western Isles, they said 10.
All members of the committee had an e-mail circulated to them prior to this meeting asking for their comments on the petition. At this stage it is probably best for us simply to note the petition and the continuing work that is being done by a fellow committee of the Parliament.
Furthermore, the governor of Cornton Vale—a very experienced lady—reckoned that it is not the best way forward to have male prison officers working in female prisons.
We hope that before the next meeting we will know the remit of the Executive's consultation, so that we can say how best the committee's inquiry could fit in with it.