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We would like to have meetings here in Parliament but, on some occasions, we would be required to carry out field visits or to meet agencies in Govanhill or other parts of Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported decline in the number of college students. (S4T-00279) The latest figures from the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council tell a positive story about what is being achieved in our colleges.
I have been involved in the issue through my work with the University of Glasgow and, like others, I have been visited by Jan Culík and Hugh McMahon, a former member of the European Parliament.
I ask the cabinet secretary to come with me and visit the schools in Buckhaven and Cupar to see for herself why it is essential that the review is conducted and that it results in new buildings.
I thank all witnesses who gave evidence, organisations that provided briefings and Professor Mary Brennan for visiting Shetland on behalf of the Scottish Food Coalition.
Table 1 shows the number of registered business births, for the last four years, and the latest 1-year/3-year survival rates for the Falkirk local authority area.