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My final question concerns communication. One local authority that we visited had a board that oversaw what was going on in the community planning partnership.
As times get hard, I see it as an important part of moving forward. The committee recently visited the Borders to look at some of the integration work that is being done there, which seems to be moving on apace.
The Finance Committee is delighted to be meeting in Largs. The purpose of our visit is to continue the committee’s examination of the Scottish Government’s future spending plans as set out in its “Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13” document.
I invite members' comments and suggestions, particularly on the proposals for visits. To get as much as we can out of the visits, we could split into two groups and cover different visits, rather than have the whole committee going on each visit.
If that is the case, what will the EU be looking for in those negotiations when it comes to mobility and movement? We will have short-term visits for business or leisure, but when it comes to the other side of that issue, what will it be looking for?
The education secretary is taking forward—under the most difficult financial circumstances that are being visited upon us by a Government that the member’s colleagues support in Westminster—a position in which no student in Scotland pays tuition fees.
I had a productive conversation with Bernadette Malone on Monday regarding the situation in Comrie and I was glad to visit Comrie today, to hear directly from members of the community.