Speeches by Rhodes.

“One further thing you would want is more after the process of the planning, looking at whether it has been put into practice.”

“I want to focus in particular on threatened species. I will start with you, Ms Pullinger, with the Wildlife Trusts’ view on this. Does the current planning system, in your view, do enough to provide for protection for endangered and threatened species?”

“What potential changes to planning would you like to see?”

“I am trying to think through what you are saying. You mentioned wild belts. You mentioned having stronger minimum standards, but also that encouragement in the system to go further than minimum standards. You also mentioned metrics in your previous answer. Is there something about the metrics that we need to be looking…”

“Finally coming to the central debate here, would these reforms and further protections for threatened species slow down the ability to respond to the need for more houses, more homes for people?”

“Thank you. Do the other panellists want to add anything on that?”

“I want to focus in particular on threatened species. I will start with you, Ms Pullinger, with the Wildlife Trusts’ view on this. Does the current planning system, in your view, do enough to provide for protection for endangered and threatened species?”

“What potential changes to planning would you like to see?”

“I am trying to think through what you are saying. You mentioned wild belts. You mentioned having stronger minimum standards, but also that encouragement in the system to go further than minimum standards. You also mentioned metrics in your previous answer. Is there something about the metrics that we need to be looking…”

“Finally coming to the central debate here, would these reforms and further protections for threatened species slow down the ability to respond to the need for more houses, more homes for people?”

“One further thing you would want is more after the process of the planning, looking at whether it has been put into practice.”

“Thank you. Do the other panellists want to add anything on that?”

“How should we be engaging stakeholders in that process of trying to find that balance?”

“You set out right at the beginning the different usages of the marine environment. What are the challenges in achieving that balance between those different sectoral usages?”

“You set out right at the beginning the different usages of the marine environment. What are the challenges in achieving that balance between those different sectoral usages?”

“Turning to marine spatial planning, what role does it play in addressing the growing pressures on the marine environment?”

“How should we be engaging stakeholders in that process of trying to find that balance?”

“Turning to marine spatial planning, what role does it play in addressing the growing pressures on the marine environment?”

“Does the Secretary of State agree that the SNP’s National Care Service (Scotland) Bill was a missed opportunity to improve pay and conditions for social care workers, particularly when compared with Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, which creates the fair pay agreement for social care workers?”

“12. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on staff salaries in the care sector.”