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It has been improved vastly from the first time that I saw it. The visit to Cornton Vale was my first visit to a prison and I was not sure what to expect.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer which members of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, if any, have carried out any visits outside Scotland in connection with the Holyrood Project, and the dates and costs of any such visits.
Since 1997 we have had 71,000 job losses in the manufacturing sector in Scotland. The latest growth figures, which came out yesterday, show that although the Scottish economy is growing—only just, but it is growing—manufacturing continues to suffer.
I shall then open up the debate, after which I shall put the question on the motion at 3.30 at the latest. Obviously, if we get through proceedings more quickly, that will be fine.
That will be impossible at that time, but I am still keen to do it.I ask whether I might visit the Highland music festival at the end of June, which is launched at Plockton on a Friday.