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Of course, we are always willing to consider novel ways of developing smoking cessation services.Paul Martin might be interested to visit the Glasgow pharmacy stop smoking project, which is operating in more than 70 per cent of community pharmacies in greater Glasgow.
Although the minister has yet to make his visit to the Court of Session, he will be aware of the Finance Committee's recent report on the relocation of public sector jobs, which commended the relocation of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency to Tweedbank in my constituency.
A Scottish connection can pop up in strange places too: on a visit to Zimbabwe in January, I was intrigued to find that the large pots that we had bought locally for cooking lunch for hungry schoolchildren had "Falkirk" embossed on them in large letters.Humanitarian agencies, their staff and their staff's families take risks and make sacrifices, because the...
Will the Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning do all that he can to encourage the First Minister, during his welcome visit to Stranraer tomorrow, to announce that the Scottish Executive will bring forward the start dates for the much-needed projects on the A77 and the A75 that have already been identified by the Executive?
That is truly wonderful. On one of our visits to Brussels, the point was made that the current situation means that directives are implemented or set in tablets of stone before we know about them.
She referred specifically to the children of asylum seekers, but I am happy to meet representatives of any asylum seekers. Indeed, as I said last week, I visited asylum seekers in Glasgow during the summer—I would certainly like to continue in the same vein.
That report, which deals only with the evidence taken on the prison inspector's report and the prison visits that took place in September, will now be postponed until next week.
I am sure that the Law Society lodged the amendment with the best intentions. I am reassured by the minister's comments and I seek permission to withdraw amendment 19.