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As the minister said at the end of his opening speech, further effort reduction should be concentrated on the number of fleets that have not had to bear as much effort reduction up to now.To secure viability, some boats need to buy or lease in days, but that is becoming more expensive.
Given that it is vital that those reviews have buy-in from all the relevant people, we intend to draw together representatives of all the interested parties—including local authorities, key environmental stakeholders, regulators and the industry—to take part in a forum to support the planned reviews.
As a result of our visits, the committee is keen to see more transparency in the operation of the process—and a sense of buy-in at a local level—in relation to how judgments are made on the balance between different species types, what information is widely available in a local community and how often that kind of information is considered.
Talking of risk, the new UK ambassador to Baghdad is from Edinburgh, so you might want to make contact with him. You never know. There are loads of business opportunities in Baghdad and certainly plenty of risk.
The committee will not have the opportunity to take further oral representations from the various sectors that have contacted us. Would it be a problem for the Government to withdraw the draft regulations and bring them back in a few weeks' time, after the committee has had the opportunity to take oral evidence from the various players?
The minister should perhaps bring the issue to the chamber more often, to let the country know what she is doing.I have been amazed by the number of people in Grampian who have contacted me on this issue in the past few years.
There is, therefore, a real need for training, support and, perhaps, helplines and emergency contacts, as that area of foster caring is frequently one of the most difficult.Disclosure Scotland checks are required for foster carers.
In fact, we decided some time ago that, if an organisation was mentioned in a petition, we would contact it to make it aware that it had been mentioned and to give it an opportunity to respond.
We heard, from people who are very supportive of the bill, that a school that was anywhere near being affected by the powers in the bill would have had constant recommendations and contact from HMIE and support for the implementation of those recommendations.