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As Mr Robson said, Wendy Alexander will visit the Borders at the end of next month to see for herself some of the new opportunities for employment in the area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 February 2003
It is only possible to compare the Scottish figures with the same time period for previous years. The latest available seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate for September to November 2002 for Scotland is 156,000 (6.1%).
Margot Wallström said that she hoped to visit Scotland early in the new year, so there may be an opportunity for the committee to issue a formal invitation to meet her to consider progress and discuss matters further.
It is unusual for me to be so lenient with members, but Tommy Sheridan has made an important point.Members will recall that the committee unanimously decided at its meeting on 26 June to take item 4 in private. The decision was taken without dissent in public session.
As you can imagine, one of the very good pieces of news that I have heard in the past few days was about the meeting of the regional cancer networks that was held last Friday to look at the latest audit data, which show that all the key clinical standards are now being met.
I presume that it will continue to affect the potential costs to local authorities—if there are any—when the new system comes in and when the new contracts come into effect on 1 April.