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Police counters have been closed and replaced with the automated 101 number. In the areas where the closures have hit it is therefore virtually impossible for a member of the public to have a face-to-face discussion with a police officer at a time of their choosing.
In addition, we meet stakeholders—Mr Swinney and I met a range of stakeholders and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities officials earlier this month; I cannot quite pin down the date.There is a strong partnership, which is beginning to show fruit in a number of council areas.
I shall meet young planners before the summer recess, although I cannot pin down exactly when. David Anderson has just passed to me the new overview requirements and routes that are coming from the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation in conjunction with the Transport Planning Society, in relation to training being developed for a transport ...
There may be something unusual about the west coast, but it is difficult to pin that down. One of the factors that may be involved is predation by seals, which we are investigating.
The need for statistics and hard facts to find out the extent of the problem was another theme that came through in our round-table discussion. I just wanted to pin you down a little bit more on how the encouragement that you mentioned would come.
With respect, you talk a good talk, but you are not telling us exactly what is going to happen in practical terms. James Kelly tried to pin you down on what that means in terms of revenue streams.
Is that scenario likely, or will the local review body be outwith the planning committee process? I am trying to pin down which body has the ultimate authority locally to determine appeals against planning application approvals or rejections.
When we look at the false alarm records of our systems—we are much more used to false alarms than we are to genuine fire alarms—it seems all too convenient to introduce a policy that does not ask for de facto evacuation of the building.