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I am pleased that walking distance is to be one of the criteria for new-build schools. Where I live, one of the latest schools to be built was constructed with a network of paths to nearby housing areas, which gives the children a safe walk to school.
Lewis has drawn attention to the fact that change is taking place as we speak, so although our time scale is tight, I would hope that the beginning of April would be the latest time at which we would address this matter.
In accordance with the Ministerial Code, Ministers of the Scottish Executive aim to notify MSPs of Ministerial visits to their constituency or region as soon as firm plans of the visit are made.
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Date answered:
8 September 1999
In accordance with the Ministerial Code, Ministers of the Scottish Executive aim to notify MSPs of Ministerial visits to their constituency or region as soon as firm plans of the visit are made.
According to the clerk's note on the petition, the Executive has said that visits from journalists to prisoners to talk about their crimes are not permitted, but the letter to the convener demonstrates that such a visit happened and that a distressing article was produced thereafter.