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Diversity is important, which is why I think the English model is flawed. I believe that trying to produce five or six almost identical institutions, which do everything in every subject to a high level, is a dangerous route to go down.
In time-honoured tradition, I have got my retaliation in first.Finally, I record my thanks to the men who did such a professional job of producing the bill—Neil Brailsford and Kenneth Campbell from the Faculty of Advocates.
As we have agreed that sub-basin plans will produce the ownership of that planning and ensure that there is local delivery to achieve the aims of the water framework directive, it is important that we have sub-basin advisory groups for each sub-basin that we establish.
We would have been extremely happy if we had got that £440 million—that is what the debate is about. We have produced the figures, but no one has told us that they are incorrect.
What can be done to train staff to provide enthusiasm at all levels in order to produce the kind of hospitality that we come across when we visit other countries?