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The three principal strands of our strategy are the commercialisation of new technology, the internationalisation of our businesses and the diversification of our traditional businesses into new, emerging industries.
We may not be able to learn much in that regard from the committees that we intend to visit. However, I do not want to instigate a major piece of research.
The convener of the Rural Affairs Committee has written to the Minister for Rural Affairs asking that a statement on the latest position on the ban on the export of beef be made before the Christmas recess.
We believe that the use of dogs underground is a necessary control measure in extended rough country.As the committee knows, the Scottish Executive released the latest income figures for Scotland's hill farms a week ago.
Leaving aside the huge disruption that moving the toll booths will cause, the move will double the debt on the Tay bridge to about £26 million. That will make it difficult for the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board to meet its obligations to pay the debt off by 2016 and will burden the people of Tayside and Fife with tolls for decades to come."