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I know how valuable the visitor economy is to the south of Scotland. I have visited Dumfriesshire many times. It is undergoing a revolution in tourism at the moment, and has a very positive story to tell.
The steps taken to further this aim included proactively selecting witnesses to give evidence who addressed equalities considerations in their written evidence; trying to create a gender-equal balance of witnesses in each inquiry (either on each panel, or across the inquiry as a whole) as much as possible; identifying opportunities to take the Committee's inquiry work outside of Edinburgh to engage with new...
This year, the Committee focused its budget scrutiny on how the Scottish Government’s budget promotes employment and encourages fair work, with a particular focus on Scotland’s new employment support services.
This point is for Elspeth Macdonald. I recently had the pleasure of visiting the new Lerwick fish market and seeing for myself the fantastic variety of high-quality fish being landed.
Our view is that assistance and support should be delivered in a compassionate and non-judgemental way, and not be linked to the promotion of any particular position in relation to the selling of sexual services.