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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence."
We included the existing nuclear power stations to the end of their lives. From that point onwards, no additional nuclear capacity was included; after the end of their lifespans, the existing nuclear power stations were replaced with renewables and carbon capture and storage.
I do not have much to add. As I have said, we live in cautious times. Forth Ports has raised concerns about the designation of ports at both Grangemouth and Rosyth as national developments.
We are already looking to connect with the earlier high-speed services from Glasgow by delivering earlier services from next December. Generally, people do not live within walking distance of a city centre station so, to enable them catch a train at 4.30 in the morning, we need to be able to deliver passengers to the point where they get on a high-speed ser...
Adverse consequences are associated only with flooding of people's property and with flooding that risks people's lives. In sustainable flood management, we might want actively to promote flooding in areas where it is useful for a flood to go—for example, it might be better for a functional flood plain to flood than for somewhere else to flood.
They could take money out of their own pocket and live at the Balmoral, or they could sleep on a park bench—although not next to my house.I also regret the dissension over the business of a leader's allowance.
As the cabinet secretary said, money will be targeted to areas of deprivation, but disabled people who live outwith those areas should get the same deal.
I take the point that there is something in the national outcomes about living in safe places, but I am talking about the national indicators and targets that are part of the concordat with local government.