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To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received any formal or informal expressions of interest for the purchase of Ferguson Marine in the last 12 months, and, if so, what its response was to any such offer.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with TransPennine Express, Network Rail and ScotRail regarding the reported frequent cancellation of rail services on the West Coast Main Line, particularly impacting travellers using rail services at Lockerbie Station.
The tourism sector contributes a substantial amount to our economy. International visitor numbers are up, as is international spending, and not just on the past year but on pre-Covid times.
The Trustees reduce this risk by adopting a strategy that involves investment in a range of different asset classes and funds. 3 Statement Of Investment Principles - SPPS • Credit risk – this is the risk that a counterparty defaults and fails to meet its obligations to the Scheme.
You are absolutely right to highlight the importance of specific sites. We know that, in Scotland, industrial greenhouse gas emissions come predominantly from a small number of large sites.
Thirdly, when people are treated in such a marginalising and de facto segregating way as has happened with this Home Office practice, they become much easier to exploit.
We have heard from committee members that there is a welcome consensus on the need for us to recruit internationally and the value that we place on our international medical graduates. It is to our credit that that position has been expressed on a cross-party basis in the committee.
On the general question, do other members of the panel have any views to express? It will be no surprise that I endorse much of what has already been said.
Jillian Matthew will talk you through what we know about the 10 test sites. When we were carrying out the audit, that idea was still in the very early stages and it was not entirely clear what the role of the Government was and how it was linking with the sites, apart from their having been identified as 10 pilot sites at which to try out different ways of working.