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In practice, woodlands that benefit from SRDP funding vary in size, but I can inform Mary Fee that the area that is covered by the woods is 26,900 hectares, with the average area of the woods being 17.2 hectares.
I suggest that the statistics that Mary Scanlon produced indicate that that apparent failure to pass on the benefit simply masks the fact that costs were rising quickly and that, the minute RET was removed from the road haulage industry, the effects on traffic and trade were immediately obvious to anyone who studied the figures closely.I must also cover the...
Motion moved, That, under Rule 8.14.3, the debate be extended by up to 30 minutes.—Mary Scanlon. Motion agreed to. I, too, congratulate Mary Scanlon on securing this important debate.
An extremely interesting round-table discussion addressed the issue of additional models of finance—on which Elaine Murray, Mary Fee and Gavin Brown, among others, have commented.
Fixed penalties offer local authorities a quick and effective way of dealing with offences. I hear what Mary Scanlon is saying, but a fixed penalty would be the first stage.
We have been working with every adult hospice in Scotland, bearing in mind that it is necessary for the young people concerned to have a choice about where they want that respite to be. We are working with Marie Curie in Glasgow and have some focus groups coming up with young people and their families to help us and Marie Curie to understand what could be provided for young people.
There is a lack of creativity in them and a lack of understanding about their potential to engage with social enterprises. Mary Fee’s question might be able to probe further into what Duncan Skinner was talking about.