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I would like John Kinnaird to clarify how we treat the money that we get through modulation. I get the sense that people are seeing it as two distinct parts of a pot.
I wonder whether there is a serious omission there. In any other sphere of activity, particularly commercial activity, there would be an expectation that any change that was being mooted, with money being put in, would sweat out additional savings.
The previous European Committee published a good background report, but it would be helpful for us to know how some of the issues that the report highlighted are being picked up by the Enterprise and Culture Committee, Scottish Enterprise and SCDI, which is very active in this area. I can arrange for us to get that i...
Everything can be going along all right, then the staff might find that they have about three minutes to get their heads round what they are going to have to do and get into theatre.
For example, there is currently a big local dispute in central Scotland on whether housing should be allowed on the site of the battle of Bothwell bridge or whether it should be kept and developed as a memorial to the covenanters. I hope that the minister can get involved in such issues and preserve the heritage by influencing planning decisions.