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The conveners group now approves such visits. If you could pull together something in time for the meeting a fortnight from now, that would be helpful.
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the estimated population of raptors in Scotland. The latest available estimate of the raptor population in Scotland, excluding juvenile and non-breeding birds, is approximately 27,000 breeding pairs.
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Date answered:
24 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the estimated population of raptors in Scotland. The latest available estimate of the raptor population in Scotland, excluding juvenile and non-breeding birds, is approximately 27,000 breeding pairs.
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.
However, we have listened carefully to the view expressed earlier that the GTC should be able to investigate complaints against incompetent teachers.I set out our latest thinking in a letter to the convener of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee on 30 May, which was circulated widely.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress its Don't Let the Bug Bite flu campaign is making. The latest available figures confirm that, at 31 October, 49.2% of people aged 65 and over had been vaccinated against flu.