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We have commissioned a study to examine what action will be required and that study will report in mid-March. The fairly odd proposition made by Fiona McLeod and Bruce Crawford—that biomass can replace energy generated by coal and nuclear power—is simply not considered feasible.
As I said, the forum has been established and had its first meeting on 28 March. One particular issue that it considered was the draft section on mainstreaming, which was subsequently lodged as an Executive amendment to the bill.
On independence, will the First Minister join me in congratulating the organisers of last Saturday's march for the union in Edinburgh? Some 12,000 people marched and more looked on.
To be precise, 107 such homes have been removed since March 2000. If we want to provide a system of personal care for the elderly, surely an increase in the residential care home base must be the starting point?
In his contribution to the climate change debate in March 2005, the then Minister for Transport said of the growth in transport:"We must do whatever is realistically possible to limit that continuing growth."