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Following their presentation and after they leave us, I ask committee members to remain for 10 or 15 minutes so that we can go through some housekeeping matters such as the visits to schools and meetings after the recess: please spare some time to do that.
John Scott is tempting me with a little mention of Arran—he is trying to get me onside. I regret not having been able to visit the farmers market here in the Parliament last night, because of other business.
That will not take long.I draw the First Minister's attention to the fact that, today, Tony Blair is making one of his rare visits to Scotland—indeed, they are almost as rare as the First Minister's visits to hospitals.
A couple of weekends ago, I visited Florence to renew my acquaintance with art treasures that I saw first as a schoolgirl, such as the Duomo, the churches of San Marco and San Lorenzo, and the statue of David in the Accademia gallery.
Such an approach will be helpful as we continue our dialogue in the future.Before we get to questions and answers, I want to say a few words about the budget process this year and the latest improvements that the Executive has made in how the budget documents deal with equalities issues.