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I therefore congratulate Tommy Sheridan not only on getting the bill introduced, but on getting ahead in the queue of members who might have wanted to introduce such legislation.
In the interim, I hope that Ross Finnie and Rhona Brankin will instruct the Crofters Commission to get on with what it should have been doing since 1955—regulate—as well as producing maps among a range of other important activities.
We are seeking to put in place a robust regime that will protect the water environment both against human activity—or the potential negative impacts of human activity—and against other changes that are preventable.
It represents a new way of obtaining similar results more cheaply. The conference is directed at getting feedback from people, but it tends to be more difficult at conferences to get people's direct input.