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Our two growth spots are Edinburgh and Aberdeen, but only 26 per cent of major planning applications in Edinburgh are processed in time and the figure is similar for Aberdeen.
However, we have done a great deal about family contact. Visits are not what they used to be. Much more accent is now put on encouraging families to visit prisoners and on making visits easier and more useful.The link centres that we are establishing are initiatives that will ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many ministerial visits to the Scottish Borders by Liberal Democrat ministers are (a) scheduled and (b) under consideration to take place prior to the 2007 dissolution of the Parliament.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many official visits by ministers there have been to each parliamentary constituency in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001 and (d) 2002.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by the Scottish Tourist Board and visitscotland in promoting cruise ship visits to Scotland, in each year since 1995.
When phase 2 of the tracking system is implemented, we expect fewer questions to be outstanding for long periods. Our latest information shows that, as at the close of business yesterday, there were 197 PQs for which answers were still outstanding.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to celebrate the Parliament's visit to Aberdeen and to maximise the involvement of the people of the north east.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what strategy it has to encourage visits by cruise liners to Scotland and whether any funding is available for this purpose.