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For example, we could release the many asylum seekers who take a long time to get their asylum confirmed in this country and get them into our economic system.
On the other hand, as has been said, we do not want to delay projects that will contribute to economic growth. We need to get that balance and all the other aspects right.
However, given the timescale and the fact that the stage 3 debate is on Thursday, the best approach is, as Christine May rightly suggests, to question the minister in the debate to see whether we can get an explanation of the Executive's approach.
I think that it is fitting for the committee to consider the petition to ensure that remote and rural Scotland receives a similar service to the rest of the country, and that the 5 per cent of people who run the risk in the long term of not getting a satisfactory service are provided for.
Does the Executive have plans to take advantage of the image of a confident new Scotland to promote communities throughout the country, and Scotland as a whole abroad?
The first will be a series of information questions—I will give him notice of those questions before we get there—and in the second we will focus on more substantive issues.
There are different levels of trade union organisations in local government. It might be easier to get the STUC to represent them or to get a delegation of two or three senior trade union representatives.