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To ask the Scottish Executive when it was made aware of Lech Walesa's recent visit to Scotland House in Brussels and why no minister was in attendance.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
31 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will respond to Point of Concern 2.3 in the Association of Visiting Committees for Scottish Penal Establishments Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2001 regarding the comments by visiting committees about the level of staff morale and that because of staff absences pr...
In any event, it appears to the Executive that interested parties would be able to make relevant representations on this issue without the need for formal consultation."Would you like us to get that on the record and state that we would expect consultation to take place?
I have apologies from Mike Pringle, who is in Dublin on a fact-finding visit for his proposed environmental levy bill, and from Gordon Jackson, who has a constituency appointment.
Europe Familiarisation Scheme The final item on the agenda is the European Parliament study visit. It will be decided later today, or at some other stage, whether there will be a place for someone from the committee.
I met with the Chinese Consul General, Mr Liu Jingxue on Thursday 11 March, where he raised the issue of the visit by His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to the Scottish Parliament.
The Corporate Body was responsible for the resources used by the Parliament in supporting the visit to Aberdeen and it will wish to review how the exercise was managed and financed.