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By voting against amendment 34, members will be indicating their willingness to discriminate against that group.Like many members, I was delighted when we agreed to appoint a minister for the Highlands and Islands, who also had the honour of being responsible for Gaelic.
Those of us who have been councillors will be well aware of how many planning applications there are, and of how many of them are contentious in one local authority, let alone in 32.
Five years ago, there were 65 million journeys by train in Scotland; last year, there were 75 million. In those and in many other areas of climate change and environmental issues, this nation, Scotland, is leading the rest of the United Kingdom.
Why is it taking so long for work to start on meeting the target and when will the minister be able to confirm what progress has been made towards achieving what must seem to many people a very modest improvement in productivity for a vast investment of resources?
Would it be appropriate to write to the minister with our various queries, see what answers we get and then reconsider the order at next week's meeting? How many multiple-trawl boats are there? There seems to be a very small number; there may be only three and they may have been given a derogation to undertake research.