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I recognise the deep-seated problems that women in Cornton Vale— particularly those with children—experience. Already, family visits take place in far more relaxed settings, with appropriate child care support.
If members agree, I shall keep that invitation on hold, so that, when we begin to consider that subject, we can make that visit. Is the committee agreed?Members indicated agreement.
Our European colleagues see no need to stimulate more new planting, as they have enough forests and do not see why we should put money into expanding our cover, so a drop-off in new planting may be on the horizon.
We appreciate the need for flexibility, particularly when the Executive is cutting new ground, but the Parliament should be in on such dramatic changes.
A positive choice was made and it is a positive feature of the bill.The new legislation seeks to reflect the new principle of authorisation through its constituent parts.
Our statistics show that we have had nearly as many visits in this session as we had in the two and a half years from our establishment in the previous session.
We have done quite a few over the years and I have done two in the past two years that solely concerned parts of Scotland, the latest being the bus-rail merger. We have Scottish members.