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I want to touch on the Scottish ferry services plan, which runs from 2013 to 2022. My question is in two parts. The first part is specifically about the Clyde and Hebrides service contract, which sets out a number of long-term developments such as additional sailings and continued improvement of winter services.
What happens if that single point of contact is ill or on holiday and not available? The idea of developing a hub is good, but the personal touch is always important.
First, there was fault on the part of HMRC in respect of that data loss; secondly, the nature of the information was different because it included bank account details; and thirdly, and crucially, the data were not encrypted.
I have already talked about the Welsh example, but if we want to look internationally I would point you in the direction of Costa Rica, Chile and New Zealand—this is not a bid for a holiday. For more than 20 years, Costa Rica has had a good structure for the support of biodiversity and a whole series of public ecosystem services.
Schools and local authorities will have produced their improvement plans prior to the summer holidays, in order to plan what they will do with their development time over the year, but now we have something new.
As I understand it, audit reports take a retrospective look at these subjects.Nevertheless, it is reasonable to point out that a consequence of not having 60 ring-fenced funds—which I always think of as little piggy banks sitting on the mantelpiece—is that we do not need 60 different accounting systems or 60 different sets of officials counting the money that goes into or comes out of those piggy banks.
The community in Helwan is thriving and boasts its own brick factory, operational bank and national savings loan programmes.I do not want to take up other members' time, so I will finish.