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Why—to put in bluntly—do they need extra support? A lot of information in that respect has already been given this morning, but I think that there are a number of reasons.
Over the years, more has been added to the planning system, and it is difficult to do all those extra things and speed up the process at the same time.
It is important for college students and taxpayers that we do not add an extra year for students because that costs us and the individuals.Smoothing of the articulation between college and university courses is important.
As committee members will be aware, we have received an extra paper in support of PE1451, in the form of a letter from Mr Bill Gibson, who is a constituent of mine.
This is not a time when any sector in society will welcome extra financial burdens and I note that certain sectors have raised on-going concerns about the initiative’s financial impacts and how they will settle with other factors that affect their long-term financial planning.
If I was in the Scottish Government and had a choice about focusing an extra bit of resource, I would probably focus on wind and marine, but I am sure that there is also a place for solar.