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I am sure that members will find those visits informative. I thank the Highlands and Islands partnership programme and the east of Scotland European partnership for their help in arranging the visits.
A particular result of the visit is that a team of Finnish education researchers visited Scotland from 31 May to 2 June to share with us their knowledge about applying ICTs to education and learning.
That is why we are here: it is to do with work force planning. The Executive wants 600 new consultants, 1,500 new allied health professionals and several thousand new nurses and midwives.
What consideration has been given to proactive funding to encourage new authorities to join in? Are any of the funds designed to be used—in terms of any protocols—to help communications with local people prior to a decision being reached on the placement of new asylum seekers?