Transport

For:

Safer walking and cycling

More cycleways

Secure cycle parking and safe routes to school

Rebuilding Midlothian's railways

Integrated public transport

Congestion charging

Against:

Major roadbuilding (we oppose the A701 realignment and the A68 Dalkeith by-pass)

Out-of-town shopping centres.

Housing

For:

Locally-based housing associations and co-operatives

High standards of energy efficiency in new houses, with access for disabled.

Planning

For:

Regenerating communities by building on gap-sites

Support local shops and facilities.

Against:

Out-of-town shopping centres

Presume against building on the Green Belt

Private-Public Partnership projects

Dependence on a single industry - we prefer to develop a diverse local economy.

Waste Management

For:

Kerbside collection of segregated waste (glass, paper, metal, compost)

Encourage use of reuseable bottles.

Against:

Incineration.

Education

For:

Retain smaller schools where there is parental support

Community schools

Adult learning

Against:

Very large schools (over 1,000 pupils)

Local Democracy

For:

More consultation with Community Councils and other community groups

Open council decision making