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The Presiding Officer has referred a proposal to the committee that we should invite the successful team in the challenge to join us for coffee before the next meeting in Edinburgh on 27 October.
I was one of the judges and some excellent projects were put before us. I wondered whether we could extend our invitation to include the second-prize winners.
Excellent projects—and from Mr Lyon's constituency, unsurprisingly.
Why are we not able to finance their visit?
There is no provision for that.
That is real cheapskate stuff. If George Lyon endorses a project and this committee then invites the winners to come here but does not pay for the bus, that is terrible.
Well, there is no provision for that, but we are happy to accept the proposal to invite the winners and to accept George's point as well.
Meeting closed at 12:28.
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