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To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its Justice Department officials have visited HM Prison Kilmarnock in each of the last six years; what positions they held, and what they reported from each visit and to whom.
In many cases they are the same people who drove through the miners again and again in the 1980s, so it ill behoves Andrew Wilson to compare what has been happening in the past few days to the miners' strike, and it ill behoves Alex Salmond to compare what has been happening to the poll tax protests.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Rural Affairs Department officials have visited Shetland, or plan to visit Shetland, to discuss with the Shetland salmon farmers practical means of simplifying or relaxing the Infectious Salmon Anaemia control measures.
It is also a fact that 40 to 50 per cent of deaf sign language users are likely to suffer from mental health problems, compared with 25 per cent of the hearing population.
The two benefits are an absolute reduction in travel and the smoothing effect.We have evidence that suggests that about 7.5 per cent of the UK population enjoys flexible working practices. That does not compare badly with some countries, but it does compare badly with some of the best.
I have learned about this issue only comparatively recently and it is quite extraordinary that Caithness and Sutherland should be free of mink when we consider how prevalent they are in other parts of the mainland.
I am aware of the work of the Lochaber centre and hope to visit it. In Strathpeffer last week, I was struck by the keenness of people in rural communities to take advantage of the web after having had to deal with the difficulties of peripherality in the past.