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Our future leaders course costs a total of £10,000 a year for 10 people, but it lasted 26 weeks and it really changed people, because it invested in them.
Whitesands Flood Defence Scheme The First Minister recently visited the Whitesands in Dumfries, where, despite significant local opposition, work is under way on a controversial £70 million flood defence scheme.
I have been to Skye many times and am more than happy to come again and visit Andrew Baxter’s roads. However, I put on record that the local road network is the responsibility of the Highland Council, which has had an uplift in funding from the Scottish Government.
For example, as I shared with Parliament last week, I visited the services available from Scottish Action for Mental Health—SAMH—at the nook in Glasgow, which is a walk-in facility that provides immediate assistance to individuals.
What is in fact damaging to them is his Government’s failure to deliver an adequate ferry service.A recent survey that was carried out by Visit Outer Hebrides revealed that 96 per cent of the businesses that responded had encountered problems as a result of ferry disruption this year.
As my colleague Michael Russell said yesterday, it is important to emphasise—yet again—that it is in our interest to attract people from across the EU to visit, work, study and live in Scotland.
I hope that the council will listen to people across the area and make the right decision, not only for the people of the Highlands but for the many folk who visit the Highlands.