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(S6O-03502) It is not acceptable for anyone to have to rely on emergency food parcels. This week, I visited the Courtyard Pantry Enterprise in Glasgow, where I saw at first hand how trusted community organisations can support families to access healthy, affordable foods and refer them to financial advice services.
I ask the minister to meet me and PJ’s Foods and to visit the company to discuss how the TUCO procurement framework disadvantages Scottish businesses that do not supply products in other parts of the UK, and how that process can be improved.
The situation is having a serious impact on the travelling public who want to visit Wigtownshire and those travelling via the ferry terminals at Cairnryan.
Today, I, along with other members of the Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee, visited an exporter, who said that it is “utterly exhausting” trying to deal with the new burdens that Brexit imposes.
Local people seem to really value that service, which is undoubtedly taking pressure off other NHS services. Will the minister be open to visiting the centre and discussing the further supports that are available to allow it to continue to provide that service and to meet the increasing demand?
That is part of the wider package for income maximisation. During the week, I visited the Community Help and Advice Initiative in Edinburgh to see its work, which puts a real emphasis on accessible advice.
Ultimately, the reason why practices have an area is that practitioners are expected to do home visits in that area. Although many people may want to go back to the practice that they attended when they were children because they feel that it is a good practice in which they had good experiences, it might not be located where the person is living now—it mig...
I welcome the fact that a growing number of Tess White’s colleagues on the Conservative benches have taken part in visits that have involved Scottish Government international offices.
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands recently visited a site at Daviot to thank forestry staff, firefighters and the local community for their work tackling wildfires.