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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.
No central register is kept of officials’planned visits. We expect that over the next six months officials’ travel willinclude visits to Brussels and Finland to deal with EU business.
I doubt that a motion praising those things will be put before the Parliament. We cannot pick from an à la carte menu the things that we want to have in different authorities in Scotland.Another issue concerns how we would police the universal provision of free school meals.
We have reached the point at which, over the two years, a saving of some 20 per cent has been achieved, which amounts to about £1 million a week compared with the situation when Scottish Water was established.
Members indicated agreement. No. It is agreed with one exception that we will discuss the items in private; that can be noted.I move now to item 2 on the agenda.
An attraction is that, under World Trade Organisation membership, China's tariff and tax on whisky or on spirits is down to 10 per cent, compared with India, where we are talking about approximately 250 per cent.
Like Robin Harper, I have been struck by how far behind we are with recycling measures when compared with America, which I have recently visited, and I know that all parties in the chamber accept that this is the way forward.
This is our opportunity to say, "Vive la différence." We must be ruthless in our dedication to achievement of the highest possible standards for this new Parliament.