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The Executive is well aware of the importance to Scottish tourism of the Irish market. The number of visits from the Republic of Ireland more than doubled between 2000 and 2001.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 February 2002
I visited Aviemore and travelled along the A95 on 11 February 2002.Trunk roads are defined as nationally important routes that serve destinations of importance to industry, commerce, agriculture and tourism.
Most services are delivered through the voluntary sector and they often use volunteers. When we visited the Hamilton contact centre, the two women on the door were volunteers.
The deaf are just as interested in politics, current affairs and literature as any hearing people. When I was MP for Hamilton, I visited the deaf school, and the children then paid a visit to the House of Commons.
In Scotland, it was quite embarrassing not to be aware of some wonderful new scheme that was about to be implemented in England, even if it was not used in the end.