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Then there is the constant volume and pressure of work, the people to see, to phone and to write to, the meetings to attend, surgeries to hold, visits to make, meetings to address, family to look after and so on.
The minister will be aware that the increasing population of Grampian, the North sea oil industry, and the very welcome but increasing visits of the royal family to Deeside put extra pressure on Grampian police.
Indeed, yesterday I had an opportunity to visit St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art and found it a very worthwhile experience.As Kenny Gibson will be aware, a national cultural strategy is proposed.
Will he give an assurance that he will work with the museum's directors to try to find a resolution to the funding difficulties so as to avoid the loss of some 80 jobs and an essential part of Scotland's maritime heritage? I recently visited part of the Scottish Maritime Museum—and a splendid museum it is.
The Lindsay Armstrong Support Group is still thriving in New Cumnock. I visited it recently: it has a charity shop in which it raises funds and, more important, it has a 24-hour helpline that is used by people throughout the country who have suffered in the same way that Lindsay suffered.
I am happy with the word "may" in the clerk's paper, as it gives the committee the option to intervene when we feel the need to. I am not sure what the new process will be. At the moment, if a bill comes before us, we have a formal duty to comment on it.
The district inspector might pay a visit to the education authority or to the school to do a bit of investigation, which gives us an illustration of the sort of costs.
We are about to move into private session so, unfortunately, I must ask the public in the gallery—after their short visit to the best committee in the Parliament—to leave.
For us to invite someone from the Commission over and meet the expense of that visit, we must formally approve the suggestion that we hold a meeting about drugs.