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I do not believe that Scotland can afford to spend its money on that. Compare all that to the cost of retaining Scotland's historic infantry regiments—the MOD expects to save only a few million pounds by disbanding them—not to mention what those vast sums could have meant for schools or hospitals.
The inclusion of sexual orientation as a topic for questions, on a voluntary basis, elicited a very limited response as compared to that generated by the inclusion of ‘gender identity’.
Margaret Ewing referred to item 1 on the report, which is the proposed committee visit to Brussels on 20 and 21 March.I reiterate that the earlier we can sort out the visit, the better will be the meetings that we arrange and the less the visit is likely to cost.
However, I found the issue of scale and the fact that Scotland is relatively small compared with many nations competing on the global stage screaming out at us time and time again.