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On the whole, that is not what I experience when I go out to schools in my constituency of Paisley. For example, I recently visited a school to see an anti-alcohol play that was being done for first years—don’t use alcohol, kids.
I have cross-party colleagues who feel the impact of the issue as keenly as I do, having been contacted by constituents, small businesses and schoolchildren who have felt the impacts of ferry service disruption on their quality of life. During my recent visit to Benbecula and South Uist, almost every conversation I had on the doorstep reflected that.
That struck me many years ago—in 2008, I think—when we introduced the small business bonus scheme. I was visiting a lady hotelier in Kingussie, who asked what it would mean for her.
They are vital for businesses and economic growth; for tourism and the hospitality sector, which has been so heavily impacted during the pandemic; and for people who need to work or visit friends and relatives. Once upon a time, the SNP was whole-heartedly committed to investment in our road infrastructure.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 October 2009
Whilst not directly linked to the NHS QIS report, the new Care Environment Inspectorate will be visiting every acute hospital at least once over the next three years and will also undertake unannounced inspections.
Will that project be included in the green network? Will she consider visiting it? I am happy to visit any such project anywhere, including in Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the costs of international flights from Glasgow compared with those from London. (S3O-11014) The cost of international flights from Glasgow compared with the cost of such flights from London is driven by a combination of competitive pressure and demand.
Why was the UK justice secretary blamed for the visit to Greenock? On Newsnight on 20 August, Mr MacAskill was asked why he had gone to prison to visit al-Megrahi.
Although our emissions are small compared with those of other countries, we have to think about what has caused the present warming, which is how much we have emitted since industrialisation.