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It has been an enjoyable four years. I wish all the best to those members of the committee who are retiring or moving on to new challenges and I hope that our paths will cross in the future.
To ask the Presiding Officer what lessons the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) can best learn from the Parliament's recent visit to Aberdeen and whether it will detail any consultation which will be held on this matter.
Scottish ParliamentJustice 2 CommitteeWednesday 26 September 2001(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting in private at 09:49 Meeting continued in public.
The committee would be amazed by the difference that visits from members make locally. Such visits mean that Scotland is once again in the news and gets talked about.
They might have thought that it was in the best interests of the child for both parents to have access, but if they subsequently took action against one parent, would they be doing something that might not be in the best interests of the child?
Secondly, one occasionally finds part way through the process that a project has been altered—the best example being perhaps the new Aberdeen ring road, the line of which has been changed at significant additional cost.
One could not ask for any more from the work force. The new management is investing in the skills, competence and enthusiasm of a work force that is unique in Scotland today.I came away from that visit thinking about what could be done.
Scottish ParliamentPublic Petitions CommitteeTuesday 26 March 2002(Morning) Scottish ParliamentPublic Petitions CommitteeTuesday 26 March 2002(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 10:08 I welcome everyone to the sixth meeting this year of the Public Petitions Committee.
However, ministers are there to sort out technical problems.The Liberal Democrats are united on the need for a change and on the new policies that have to be adopted starting now, but we disagree on the tactics of how best to get there.