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Members might think that it is rather odd that the minister's response is dated 30 May and that we did not receive notice of it in June, but the reply was late in being received by the clerks so we did not have an opportunity to consider it.
We must never lose sight of—indeed, we should strengthen—the links to those councillors. That may not be relevant to this legislation, but we should bear it in mind.
The tenor of your question suggests that we have not yet got the balance right. I suspect that you may be right; however, I do not have enough knowledge to comment.
That is probably an issue for ministers in a different setting.If there are no further questions, I thank our witnesses for attending.Members may take this opportunity to identify issues that they would like to be incorporated in the committee's report.
I understand that the way in which Gaelic language plans are devised must be different, but an act may or may not give status and authority to the people—that depends on how it works.
Therefore, as good as the resources that schools currently have may be, and as good as the work may be that Stòrlann Nàiseanta na Gàidhlig is doing in Lewis, there is still a desperate need for more resources such as books, compact disks and DVDs.