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I remind members that next Monday we will visit HMP Greenock and I think that Donald Gorrie, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton and I are going to visit a young offenders project in Inverclyde.
Ireland has a population of 3.6 million or 3.7 million and it is transferring 10,000 jobs, which is a lot. It would be useful to get a forward projection from the Executive of its anticipated relocations.
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?
Our best way out of this would be to put the ball back in the Finance Committee's court and to suggest that it considers investigating suitability and how it is defined so as to get the balance right. It is a fair point.