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What are the witnesses' views on getting headquarters functions embedded and on how they can get companies to do more in Scotland that is sustainable in the longer term?
When we have more details about what the organisation has to say, we will see how that would affect our work programme. We might get more benefit from a visit if we go when our ideas about a national scheme are a bit clearer.
The committee is limited in that it cannot follow up such issues, but I would like to query the Executive on why that visit was allowed. My fear in passing the matter to one of the justice committees is that, because of their busy agendas, the matter will not get immediate attention.
Does he further agree that, for Burns's memory to be preserved, we must appeal to a new generation of Burns enthusiasts and get them as enthused as he and I—and other members—have been, which means approaching the subject from a different direction?