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The UK raised the problems caused for Pakistan byrecent changes in the concessionary import terms applicable to Basmati rice.The Commission took note and reported that it was consulting with Pakistan andIndia over the latest information available on prices and varieties.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total Gross Value Added is at current basic prices for (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority area in Scotland. The latest cash estimates ofGross Value Added (GVA or GDP at basic prices) available for Scotland arepresented in the Office for National Statistics Regional Accounts.
The bill would not introduce such burdens. New situations and scenarios and perhaps the identification of new threats would certainly result in added burdens, but that would happen with existing legislation.
Information is kept on the basis of numbers of visits rather than visitors. The figures given, therefore, include both individual high-profile visitors and group visits to the Parliament.)
I am afraid he has missed the red danger signal; his tourist gravy train has hit the buffers. What is needed is a new engine and, with respect, a new engine driver.