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I, too, congratulate Elaine Murray on securing this very timely debate.The latest figures that I have for the Scottish Borders show that, as a result of Farepak's collapse, at least 378 people have lost a total of just under £100,000.
What are the committee's views on the clerks arranging such a visit with the promoter? Are we agreed that the visit should happen on 1 March, if that is possible?
Under our Government, we transformed the Scottish economy. Laughter. We gave new life, new industries and new jobs to areas that were, frankly, going down the drain.
Although today's figures are very worrying, they confirm many people's fears about the decline in the latest catch figures for salmon and trout.I have two questions.
It would be valuable to exert more effort to establish what enacting new legislation means for staff hours—whether those of police or support staff—because only then would we know the true cost of any new initiative.