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Such projects are complex and costly. It is right to take time to get them right. The discussions between Transport Scotland and Network Rail that I mentioned are the right way to go forward and will continue.
The most widely used service for small and microbusinesses that are either getting started or growing is business gateway, which has offices in Greenock and other locations in the west of Scotland.
Does the cabinet secretary believe that we get 100 per cent reporting? I suspect that many professional people will not report other than very serious incidents and that a vast number of such acts may go unreported, which we should be getting to the bottom of.
Many people across the public sector, in the Scottish Government as well as in local government, have been doing what they can, but that must be balanced against the need to get the best value in these difficult financial times.
We have to remember the source of the credit crunch and the reality of the regulatory race to the bottom that caused it and we must look to work together in Scotland to ensure that we get the very best possible outcomes.
I am sure that James Kelly is not suggesting for a minute that someone who is organising and masterminding serious crime would be sentenced to less than six months. Serious criminals get serious sentences.