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Section 16 (2) enables Scottish Ministers to add or remove authorities, however 16 (4) sets out that they must first contact the authorities concerned before adding or removing.
A statistic that members might like to go away with relates not to the number of students on campus, but to the number of students with whom we have contact in rural communities. More than 2,500 students are on our books for distance learning and part-time learning activities.
The bill has to tread a fine line, particularly given the current culture of buy now, pay later. After all, as Alex Neil said, average personal debt in Scotland is running at a staggering £13,000.
She is full of praise for the food initiative on Skye, where businesses work together to co-ordinate buying and selling from one another. Recently, the island food link van won a national award.
Will the minister assure us that Tayside's share of the massive increase in spending in the NHS from 1 April will be sufficient to buy enough time for the health board to carry through and fully consult on the changes arising from its acute services review and that the trust will not have to implement any changes before that consultation is completed?
Scotland will have a common social tenancy and a modernised right to buy. The scourge of homelessness will be tackled by strengthening local authorities' duties towards homeless people.
RSPB Scotland was involved at the outset, when the project was first scoped. The developer's consultant contacted us, and we responded to that approach.
The net effect was that, after seeing his evidence reported in The Scotsman, a number of civil service staff contacted me to suggest that they wanted that level of certainty.
It might be better if she explained that part but, following the press reports, there was contact and an assurance was given that Scottish Enterprise was continuing to take steps to ensure that the budget came in at or under the level allocated.