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Meeting of the Parliament 10 September 2025

10 Sep 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Edinburgh Biomes Project
Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands
Gougeon, Mairi SNP Angus North and Mearns Watch on SPTV

I am more than happy to commit to that meeting. I absolutely agree with Miles Briggs on the overall importance of the project.

I emphasise, and offer assurance, that our officials are in regular discussion about the matter with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. We have already provided quite a lot of flexibility in relation to spend and attempts to reprofile that, in recognition of challenges that could not have been foreseen when the project was first initiated.

We all want to see the project be a success. A refreshed business case is being worked on, which will feed into the budget processes. I am more than happy to continue the discussion and undertake that visit.

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