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We are in contact with the appropriate people to see whether it will be possible to arrange a suitable date for the committee to visit HMP Barlinnie. We thought that it would be preferable to visit the prison at the same time as Clive Fairweather's inspection team visits it.
What plans does the First Minister have to counter the fact that all the new European Union accession states will have far more power to compete than the Scottish Executive and Scottish Enterprise currently have?
Do you intend to examine in particular the issues of independent museums, which are important parts of some communities, and industrial museums? I know that the committee has visitedNew Lanark, one of the industrial museums.
We therefore take this matter very seriously.In addition to urging local authorities to consider their schemes and prepare new defences against flooding, we want to improve flood warnings.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 January 2007
We will ask for the United Kingdom Government's support in doing so, and we will do so vigorously, starting next Thursday, when the commissioner visits the Parliament and I meet her in my office.