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Like others, I will happily offer any recommendations for pubs and bars in my area of Moray, including Elgin, where I live, if he so wishes. When he visits the Highlands and Islands, I hope that he chooses to visit Moray.
Like others, I will happily offer any recommendations for pubs and bars in my area of Moray, including Elgin, where I live, if he so wishes. When he visits the Highlands and Islands, I hope that he chooses to visit Moray.
However, under Westminster’s control, decisions that affect our lives are constantly taken without any serious consideration of the interests of the Scottish people. The latest example of that is the New Zealand trade deal.
Question 1 has been withdrawn.MV Glen Sannox and Vessel 802 (Cost) MV Glen Sannox and Vessel 802 (Cost) To ask the Scottish Government what the latest estimate is of the public cost of procuring the ferries MV Glen Sannox and hull 802.
Economic and fiscal context
The expected downturn in the Scottish economy is now showing in the latest official data.GDP monthly estimate: July 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) The Scottish economy shrank by 0.2% in July, the second consecutive month of negative growth.
In my speech on that topic in 2023, I expressed my disappointment in the Government’s decision to roll back funding that it had announced for Scotland’s colleges and universities, yet the latest budget has allocated a real-terms resource funding cut to colleges and universities.
Recently, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice visited Dundee to see in action the new digital evidence sharing capability—DESC—service that is being piloted there.
I am copying this letter to the Convener of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, and I look forward to hearing from you by 7 May 2025 latest. Yours sincerely, JIM FAIRLIE Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.