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When I announced the investment of an additional £8.9 million for police recruitment in May 2000, the number of police officers stood at 14,699. The latest available figures show an increase over that period of 413 to 15,112.
I hope that, if they are agreed to, they might set a new trend and a new approach.Basically, the bill contains a power that allows the Executive to enter into contracts for tagging.
I would be happy for such a meeting to be additional to the others. We do not need to visit all the islands but we should visit at least one, although I am not sure which.
Planning System (Amenity Woodland) (PE918) Petition PE918, by Bill Lobban on behalf of Dalfaber action group, calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to review the protection that is afforded to amenity woodland in the current planning system with a view to ensuring that the views of local people who enjoy visiting such woodland are...
I have received apologies from Karen Gillon, who will arrive late—the other members of the committee are here and no visiting members will attend the meeting, as far as I know.Under agenda item 1, the committee will consider whether to take item 4 in private.
Once again, I remind all members to turn off mobile phones and pagers.Let me just mention that we shall be joined by members of the Basque Government who are visiting the Scottish Parliament. They will appear in the course of the afternoon, and I shall introduce them when they do so.I welcome Brian Main, who is the adviser to the committee.
Jim Hislop is here from the Scottish Executive. He will hope that all his visits to the Education, Culture and Sport Committee are as simple as this one.