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There is a question about the extent to which the bill will disrupt the current de facto procurement strategy. To my mind—others disagree—that strategy is characterised by two things.
I sat through the committee debates, listened to the arguments put and questions asked, and felt the strongly negative sense from some that somehow it is impossible to pin down the issues and that the SNP Government is failing.
I thank the witnesses for the efforts that they have made and the clarity that has been brought to the matters, which will enable us to pin down the minister on one or two points with the general recognition that, for once, “simplification” and “crofting” are two words that can be spoken in the same sentence.
I am sure that local authorities and health boards have wonderful policies—perhaps they are laminated and pinned to a wall or are gathering dust in a wonderful folder on a shelf somewhere—but they mean nothing if they are not put into practice.
Someone asked earlier where the delivery is, when things are going to happen and how they are going to happen. Once we start to pin down the location and the principle of development, we can focus on how we are going to deliver it, how the developers are going to afford it and how we can work together to meet the aspirations and expectations of communities ...