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To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to ensure that the circumstances surrounding the invitation to the First Minister to visit Normandy on the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings are not repeated.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 February 2002
It seems a bit daft that members have to be in Edinburgh on specific days to lodge questions for when Parliament meets again. Perhaps it is like buying lottery tickets—nobody buys tickets for the lottery after next.
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.
If we were not quite so reliant on so many wind farms, the new line would not be necessary. With only minor upgrades needing to be made, new wind farms could be accommodated using existing infrastructure.Debates on pylons are nothing new.
As you are aware, convener, a particularly diligent member of the parliamentary press corps read the paper on this subject in advance and beat a path to my door.