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You are right that the community councils need to buy into the document to ensure that it fits the bill, if you like. I will briefly follow up Shirley-Anne Somerville’s question before I bring in Margaret Smith.
The impact of that will probably be felt in Scotland in 2016 and 2020. If we get it right, our newly inspired talented athletes will continue to perform well after Glasgow 2014.
Therefore, given all the targets that we have—such as for 25 per cent forestry cover by 2050 and for 50 per cent of electricity and 11 per cent of heat to come from renewables by 2020—and all the rules and regulations, how much value is there in the strategy?
I hope that, in my letter to the committee following stage 1, I made it clear that our intention is that authorities should be fully involved in decisions by the keeper, as she suggests.Continued dialogue with stakeholders throughout the process has resulted in consensus on a number of issues.