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During the planning process, it is difficult to sell—if I may use that term—the idea that a wind farm should be located in an area because the community will see it, but will not benefit directly.
Moreover, although petitioners are limited to three minutes, committee members may ask them questions for 15 to 20 minutes, so they get a good chance to speak.
Obviously, that is another argument against that site.The only argument in favour of the Southern general solution is the financial argument, which may be factually correct—that site may be the cheapest option.
If they arrive during the passage of legislation or in the middle of an inquiry, they may not know what is going on. What kind of experience or background will they bring to the discussions, other than that they may have read the relevant papers?
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it cancelled a meeting with sportscotland planned for 2 May 2006 and, if so, what the reason was for the cancellation.