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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.
If we wish to make comparisons between further education colleges or local authorities, the information is in the public domain. Crucially, if we wish to compare the level of public subsidy in one bus route to that in another, the information is in the public domain.
Pauline McNeill was right to highlight that, when one compares that rate to the recidivism rates for the other disposals, it is not totally out of synch with them.
The committee has met in locations that the Parliament had not visited before and the suggestion is that we aim on this occasion to meet in north-west Scotland.The paper suggests that we visit Portree, as that would allow us to continue to follow the island theme that we began at stage 1 of the budget process and compare and contrast the situation in the Hebrides with that of the northern isles.
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.
I hope to be able to report back on those options.I have continued to visit a variety of voluntary bodies, some of which have expressed the view that they would have more confidence in a review that was conducted by the committee than in one that was conducted by the Executive, which may be carried out by civil servants who are tied into the existing system...
To be fair to the Executive, the order was drafted by the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, which is outwith the Executive's control, but perhaps we should draw the question to the Executive's attention.