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This year's event generated more than £1 million of media publicity for Scotland as a place to visit and do business. VisitScotland's Scottish village in New York's Grand Central station was especially impressive.
Do you agree that there should be an announced and an unannounced visit—one within and one outwith normal hours—and that therefore two visits is the absolute minimum?
Throughout the week, several ministers have participated in volunteering opportunities across Scotland. Last Saturday, I visited the flexicare project in Paisley and tomorrow I will visit the Johnstone day centre for older people.
I understand that there may be resistance to having a trial in the theatre of the last three months of a session, because the procedure may be abused when it is new. If we were to do it, there would have to be some buy-in as to what it was about.
Those who are settling in Scotland appear keen to give something to their new communities. In Edinburgh, for example, one in five new volunteers is from European Union accession countries, particularly Poland.So what has changed?
For the avoidance of doubt, I will echo what the convener has said: I would oppose The Herald buying The Scotsman, just as I oppose The Scotsman buying The Herald.