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Yesterday, we spent a whole morning giving more than 100 establishments—nurseries, primary schools and as many as half a dozen out of 26 high schools—bronze, silver and gold awards for the promotion of healthy eating.
Scottish ParliamentAudit CommitteeTuesday 26 October 1999(Afternoon) The Convener opened the meeting at 14:00 I open this meeting—I have resisted the temptation to say, "Order, order," so I am glad that I am learning good new habits.
They managed to get many MSPs along on different days for detailed and lengthy visits—I visited on 17 March.I am not sure that there is much advantage in taking Scott Barrie's approach of raking over the past and giving us a history lesson—I am sorry that he is not in the chamber just now.
Those links will continue and be strengthened as a result of our discussions.The absolute highlight of my visit to South Africa was a visit to Banareng Primary School in Atteridgeville township in Pretoria.
Balivanich Primary School on Benbecula was left in such a precarious state that a new building on a new site is needed.Those island communities are in no shape to bear such damage because people there have lower incomes than people in the rest of Scotland.
All members have a copy of it and of the previous written submission, which has been recirculated.I invite colleagues to kick off the questions. I have read the latest submission, which rather damns the minister's proposals with faint praise.