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We are doing quite well at meeting our emissions targets—we are already more than halfway to the 42 per cent target for 2020. Notwithstanding the recession, emissions from road transport have increased.
One can surmise that it might be down to, for example, the recession, the weather or the novelty of the scheme wearing off; it could also be down to operators inappropriately claiming journeys or, equally important, people using fake smart cards.
That leaves those organisations vulnerable in the context of a budget cut of such magnitude in a few weeks’ time.Do the witnesses share that anxiety about the organisations’ budget vulnerability and whether they have become rather marginal to Government strategy, such that three can be without a chief executive in the same year when we are trying to turn round from recession? You may be surprised to hear that I share that concern.
I hope that you have all had a restful and productive summer recess and that you are all feeling refreshed as we move into the remaining few months of this session.
We will continue with the inquiry a little later, with representatives of the consular corps in Scotland.10:39 Meeting suspended. 10:42 On resuming— I welcome colleagues back from the Easter recess to the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee’s 12th meeting in 2010.
We will begin with questions about projects that are under way. Before the summer recess, a short piece of work was done on the financial management of two of the most high-profile transport infrastructure projects.