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Scottish ParliamentStandards CommitteeTuesday 26 September 2000(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 10:33 Good morning and welcome to the 14th meeting this year of the Standards Committee.
Last year, 58,500 visitors took advantage of the Free Weekend to visit the 74 paying sites throughout Scotland, including Edinburgh, Stirling and Urquhart Castles.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 December 2002
The upper limits have generally been increased to 20 sets for first visits and 60 for subsequent visits, subject to the return of used equipment, at follow-up visits, for safe disposal by exchange staff.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2001
Section 19(3) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (as amended) provides that the members of visiting committees for young offenders institutions shall be appointed by the Scottish ministers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 October 1999
This may include relevant literature being sent to the farmer free of charge or a recommendation to have an individual on-farm visit, although farmers are expected to pay for the visits.
Those include powers of entry to investigate premises, to take along any other persons reasonably required for the visit, to conduct private interviews with the adult at risk, and to inspect records.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school boards there are at present in Scotland. The latest published statistics (from May 1998) show a total of 2,268 school boards in Scotland.
Members of the Justice 2 Committee will recall that, during our stage 2 discussion of the bill on 26 June, I agreed to reconsider the provisions in section 12(4).