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Local people certainly hope that it will proceed. Following on from Alison McInnes's question, I want to ask about the train service to and from Stranraer.
We can identify directions of travel, but we would hope that academics would provide much of the detail.Are members comfortable with following Graham Ross's suggestion rather than seeking the Conveners Group's support to commission a full research paper?
Of course, committee members are welcome to follow up on any matters of detail that they wish to pursue.The first point is that VisitScotland prepared an outline business case and a full business case.
We do not necessarily agree that the offences are unclear.As for the reasonable excuse defence, we had to weigh up which penalty was appropriate to each offence. The general guidance that we follow is to use strict liability only for more serious offences.
One of the problems in East Ayrshire is that the authority has gone straight to proposing schools for closure and views the consultation as a statutory one. Instead, it could have followed a different model by taking an overview of what is required of the whole school estate and engaging and consulting parents on that.
To its discredit, the SNP has tamely followed suit. Does the member not accept that those who participated in the pilot projects stood to lose the most if the proposed scheme went ahead, which is why the pilot projects did not work?
Do you have any evidence that would be of use to members of the committee? We will have to follow up on that. I took the view that the Young Scot card entitlement scheme, or whatever it is called, can be beefed up at minimal cost, but I need to get some figures on that—I will pursue it.
There is currently no indication of the plans for funding beyond 2008, although we have had indications from within the Government that it is using the report to inform its thinking. I want to follow up on the convener's questions about funding.
Doug McKiernan referred to the very strong synergies between work in fossil fuels and making SAF by a PTL method.iNZET Committee, Official Report, 28 October 2025, col. 7 Witnesses saw building up a strong PTL sector as exemplifying the just transition in practice;iiNZET Committee, Official Report, 28 October 2025, cols. 8-9, 25
If the decentralised "modular" approach to sectoral growth outlined above were followed...
.• No data on whether people receive prescriptions on liberation, Naloxone, follow-up appointments, or overdose risk on release.Evidence highlighted that release is a peak harm point.