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Given that the marginal costs are small compared to the capital costs—a gate and a wall are there whether we have a few prisoners or a lot—we would not make a big saving.
That does not cover every organisation that might invite MSPs to go on a visit. Is it not the case that the overseas visits representing the Parliament are quite different from other overseas visits?
Today we are discussing money for those people who claimed asylum before April 2000. The comparatively large increase—above 610—has happened under the new system.
She has had a huge amount to do with the ethos of the prison. I have visited other prisons and—to use Lyndsay McIntosh's phrase—comparing Cornton Vale with Barlinnie is like comparing night and day.
There will be parliamentary business in the afternoon. Obviously the visit would depend on that business. I suggest that we provisionally agree to a site visit on 8 June, but suggest that the visit will depend on members' commitments on Wednesday afternoon.