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For example, we discussed how prisoners had kept in touch with their friends and families when physical visits were not permitted due to COVID-19 restrictions.
In addition to the issue of a reference on tenements, another matter which came up at the meeting on 28 September concerned a visit by the members of your Committee to the Commission’s offices.
Under the 1969 Act, the principal function of VisitScotland was to encourage British people to visit and to take holidays in Scotland, and to advise Government and public bodies on matters relating to tourism in Scotland.
The Committee also published a report on a petition or held debates in the chamber as follows—
Report on petition PE1463: Effective thyroid and adrenal testing, diagnosis and treatment, published on 29 March 2018 and debated on 4 December 2018;
PE1630: Ensuring greater scrutiny, guidance and consultation on armed forces visits to Schools in Scotland, publis...
Consideration of the Bill has taken place under the constant shadow of the pandemic, meaning that, regrettably, no fact-finding visits in connection with the Bill could take place.
I have been impressed by the SPS’ efforts to manage the additional population safely, and it is reassuring to note that in all of our prison inspections, and return visit inspections in this reporting year, staff and prisoners regularly reported feeling safe.
The Committee undertook a fact-finding visit to Brussels in September 2018 and discussed their experience at engagement workshops hosted by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Scotland’s Futures Forum.
The Policy Memorandum accompanying the Bill states that:
Low emission zones will help to protect human health; support the achievement of, and progress beyond, compliance with Scottish and European air quality legislative requirements, whilst contributing to improvements in road network operations and helping to tackle congestion (in tandem with other transport policies); encourage modal shift towards active travel and public transport; and support placemaking to improve town and city spaces in order to create attractive places to live, work and visit...
The approach was piloted in Cheshire, where 30,000 safety home visits were made. The visits were intelligence based, predominately from information from the NHS.
I have asked Iain Munro, Interim Chief Executive of Creative Scotland, the national agency for the arts, screen and creative industries, to write to the member.