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Some 130 important European meetings were held in Finland during the six months of the presidency.For me, the most fascinating aspect is Finland's policies on innovation. We visited TEKES, which is the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation.
I would be surprised if, in the three years, new issues and new challenges did not come out of the woodwork, which might mean demands for new funding contributions.
Even though, historically, it probably took only 26 minutes, the fact is that now the journey is 25 minutes long, plus or minus two minutes, whereas before it was 26 minutes, plus up to half an hour more.
I ask that because during Scottish tourism week we were encouraged to visit places. I visited a local hotel that depends quite heavily on the internet—it does a lot of business through the internet.
None of those things should be add-ons; they should be at the heart of our education system.When I visited one of the new schools in Rosshall, Glasgow, earlier today, I was pleased to see excellent drama, sporting and other facilities.
We were heartened by the minister's visit to the Transport and the Environment Committee, in which she almost purred with delight at the prospect of all the new rolling stock that will be introduced by 2000.