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It is suggested that the committee agree simply to note the latest Executive response and to pass a copy of the letter to the petitioners for information.
Given the written answers to Chris Ballance about constituencies in which outreach teams have not had events in the past couple of years, could the SPCB investigate whether there is evidence that some constituency members in the West of Scotland and the Borders do not wish to promote outreach events because they would have to appear on platforms with region...
More than 90 per cent of visitors to Scotland mention our tremendous natural resources as a reason for visiting the country, so I accept that those resources are an extremely important part of tourism activity and I accept the importance of protecting our wonderful natural heritage.
Henry McLeish and I, with the aid of Colin Montgomerie, will launch the golf tourism strategy next week. I will also visit the European open in Ireland at the weekend and will speak to the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Mr McDaid.
New Opportunities Fund To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the out-of-schools learning funding under the New Opportunities Fund will be allocated to Scotland.
We wish to invest in public transport service improvements by, for example, promoting integrated ticketing, delivering a better deal for rail passengers in the new franchise and introducing a new bus route development fund—all better outputs for passengers across Scotland.
I invite members to consider the recommendations in paragraphs 11, 19, 23, 26 and 27.The action point in paragraph 11 invites the committee"to highlight its interest in these EU dossiers in its legacy paper to a successor committee."
One of those was approved by the Finance Committee on 10 January and then by the Parliament on 1 February. The other was laid in draft on 26 January and is due to be considered by the Finance Committee on 21 February.