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Local authorities and schools should log all exclusions and drop-outs of Travellers and investigate why the incidences occurred. The irony is that, even when we get Travellers into schools, they have a hard time and end up getting excluded.
If, for example, the impact of flood defence works on human activity or economic activity is too great on farming or forestry, that must be taken into account in the characterisation process and the planning that flows from that.
It is difficult to isolate the pure costs, but clearly it would cost something to dispose of the domestic waste that is getting into the clinical waste stream.
I ask him to outline when the Security Industry Authority's remit will be extended to Scotland and what action is being taken to work with the police to tackle the culture of intimidation and violence that underpins activities that are little more than protection rackets.
When I was asked to do the report myself, I thought that I would try, but I have failed miserably to get down to it—largely because it is a huge-scale project.
That is right.Our next question was on section 20(1), on the regulation of controlled activities. We asked the Executive whether it could explain why it did not choose to have just a rule-making power, rather than regulations that specify rules.
I draw members' attention to the fact that a further petition is to be lodged asking the Parliament to urge the Executive to put in place policies that actively promote the use of the post office network in Scotland.