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This brought together FSB Regional Chairmen and Employment Service District Manager to look at ways to forge closer links with small businesses and promoteNew Deal at a local level in Scotland.
Should we take evidence or make a visit? It may not be necessary for us to visit the Borders, but I want to ensure that the points of view of the south of the country are also borne in mind, considering what might be expected of councils there, but may not be considered necessary.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific action it has taken to use the Tartan Day celebrations in New York to attract people, particularly expatriate Scots, to live and work in Scotland.
Last Thursday, I returned from leading a 10-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Even though the visit was my fourth to Israel/Palestine, I still came back having been exposed to new challenges that made me think of the situation there and of other situations closer to home.