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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.
It is unfortunate that the Labour contribution to the debate has proceeded on the basis of dancing across a pin on a false premise. I am not dancing on the head of a pin.
Clearly, the Government’s announcement of the national renewables infrastructure fund was significant, but we have had some difficulty in pinning down exactly what funding is involved.
The member has just illustrated why one would not try to pin down every circumstance. The facts and circumstances of every case determine what is reasonable.
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.
As we all know, the financial consequences are difficult to pin down; if cases go against councils, the amount of compensation will vary a great deal, and significant numbers of people could be affected, so it is hard to be sure about the consequences.