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It is an interesting petition and it is good that the wider aspects that we heard about when we went on our pre-legislative visits have been brought to our attention.
From the viewpoint of the economy, parks add to the range of quality places that tourists can visit and encourage them to stay longer in the neighbourhood of headline destinations such as New Lanark.
I suggest that the minister consider visiting it later this year. I will be happy to visit the project in question and, if it is helpful, I will be happy to take questions from Phil Gallie.Elaine Thomson is right.
Under the new croft house grant scheme, which we introduced on 1 January 2005, the average number of approvals for new houses in the Western Isles rose to 89 per annum for the first two years of the scheme's operation.