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To ask the Scottish Executive what impact it anticipates the latest interest rate rise will have on Scottish exports, and what plans it has to help Scottish industry compete following the recent rise.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 October 1999
The timetable will be tight.You are all members of political parties, and I would have thought that you would want a new system done and dusted and up and running by October, November or December—at the latest—of the year preceding the election.
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.