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Because there are major contracts that cover the whole country, it is difficult for the small producers to get into the system and to get access to the process.
We also understand the urgency because of the traffic congestion in Edinburgh.People in Midlothian want to get out of their cars and get on to the railway.
I think that the World Food Programme stated that it is not the bombing that is stopping the food getting through, but the activities of the Taliban regime, which are far more blocking.
If the applicant was a company, it could pay the charges. From your activities so far, do you get the impression that a lot of inquiries would cost more than £500 and would therefore be ruled out?
Charlie McCreevy made it clear that, in this respect, the key priorities must be competitiveness, skills, infrastructure and getting more people into work; however, in Scotland, we need national targets for such activity.