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Scottish ParliamentTransport and the Environment CommitteeWednesday 26 September 2001(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 10:03 I begin by welcoming members of the press and public alike to this meeting of the Transport and the Environment Committee.
The recent case of the Nepalese asylum seeker, who had been here for six years, is only the latest tragic case to demonstrate the callous inhumanity of the United Kingdom immigration system.
(S2F-2123) Avian flu rarely affects humans, but it represents a significant global challenge. The latest assessment identified the risk of introduction of the disease to Scotland as low.
Does the minister agree that one of the great success stories in Scottish tourism is the Fife city of St Andrews, which, according to the latest figures, attracts in excess of £50 million of tourist revenue a year?
Will the minister tell the chamber whether he has carried out an economic assessment of the impact on the industry of his latest proposals? The first thing that I want to tell Richard Lochhead is that it is not a question of taking into account the views of just the industry, although that is very important.
He also drew my attention to the fact that last July's financial projections took no account of the latest spending review, which gave an 8 per cent increase to the council for 2001-02.
Is there a reason for the gap in meetings between 11 September and 2 October? It is because of the visit to Berlin.We are starting at 11 am on 2 October because Steve Farrell and I are speaking to the Procedures Committee before that.
Convener's Report We submitted a paper to the most recent meeting of the conveners liaison group to suggest that the committee could go on a visit to Berlin. The group was not happy with that, and we have had to produce instead a proposal for a cross-party representative group from the committee to go to Berlin rather than the whole committee.