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Nicol Stephen, the Deputy Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs, had a helpful and productive meeting with schools' representatives last week. He is now due to visit the schools to discuss their specific needs in more detail.
Then there is the constant volume and pressure of work, the people to see, to phone and to write to, the meetings to attend, surgeries to hold, visits to make, meetings to address, family to look after and so on.
The minister will be aware that the increasing population of Grampian, the North sea oil industry, and the very welcome but increasing visits of the royal family to Deeside put extra pressure on Grampian police.
Indeed, yesterday I had an opportunity to visit St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art and found it a very worthwhile experience.As Kenny Gibson will be aware, a national cultural strategy is proposed.
Will he give an assurance that he will work with the museum's directors to try to find a resolution to the funding difficulties so as to avoid the loss of some 80 jobs and an essential part of Scotland's maritime heritage? I recently visited part of the Scottish Maritime Museum—and a splendid museum it is.
I believe that some members have seen the code, which sets out in detail the measures that we think will ensure best practice by the new regulatory agency together with independence in the exercise of its regulatory function.
The points about legal enforcement through the courts are important, but that is not the only, and may not be the best, way to ensure that all authorities meet their obligations.