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Many of those who leave the country are young people, whom we need for the future of Scotland—the people whom Miss Jean Brodie would call la crème de la crème. Will the First Minister take measures to encourage young people to stay in Scotland?
I think that it should be consultative, not binding, because—as Des McNulty said—some people who have an interest may live just outwith the national park.
I think that the decision has been made, although a lot of work has still to be done. People who pin their hopes on changing that decision are wasting their time.
Business closures are normally measured by VAT de-registrations. These are only available on a calendar year basis with the latest available data being for 2001.
I agree with everything Margaret Smith said, except that we should pin the matter down to a month. I get the impression that the minister wants to respond, so we should not put an unduly prescriptive timetable on what we do.