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Does the minister agree that one of the great success stories in Scottish tourism is the Fife city of St Andrews, which, according to the latest figures, attracts in excess of £50 million of tourist revenue a year?
Will the minister tell the chamber whether he has carried out an economic assessment of the impact on the industry of his latest proposals? The first thing that I want to tell Richard Lochhead is that it is not a question of taking into account the views of just the industry, although that is very important.
He also drew my attention to the fact that last July's financial projections took no account of the latest spending review, which gave an 8 per cent increase to the council for 2001-02.
I hope that everyone had a productive and useful recess.For agenda item 1, I welcome Sandra White as a new committee member and ask her to declare any relevant interests.
That will mark the widest-ever expansion of the European Union. The new member states will bring with them new ideas, energy and—yes—they will bring new challenges.
Amendment 88 inserts into the bill a new section after section 31; the new section itself inserts proposed new section 298A into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
Scottish Enterprise runs the route development fund, which is the Executive's main tool in attracting new direct services. Until now, we have attracted about 30-odd new direct services to Scotland's main airports.
I remind members of the committee and the public to ensure that their mobile phones are turned off.I welcome Mike Watson, David Mundell and Murray Tosh, as visiting members, and the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development, Rhona Brankin.