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In my experience of boards on which I have served and of boards that I have visited, they always strive for the best governance.We should bear it in mind that board members are volunteers and do not get paid.
The relationship between Scotland and Rwanda is developing well, and the Rwandan president visited Scotland a month or two ago. Visits to Scotland by heads of states of other countries are relatively unusual, so that visit is a signifier of the closeness of the relationship th...
We would pay the embassy another 20 grand to find agents for us. We would then go out to visit the agents and then it would take another year before we could get into the market.
I commend to all members here and in Westminster the campaign on votes at 16 that is being run by the Scottish Youth Parliament—which has a stall in this building this week, which members should visit—and other youth parliaments in this island.
Mr Fraser said that the hospitality industry will find it difficult but, this morning, I visited Rabbie’s in Edinburgh, which is a successful travel and hospitality business that decided to pay the living wage to all its staff.
I am sure that the member is aware that the STUC is undertaking a programme of visiting schools across Scotland and allowing senior pupils to engage with the values and work of the trade unions.
We should facilitate that.On one of my recent visits to the committee, we talked about the balance of work that we are doing and about trying to facilitate sustainable growth through our budget.