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As far as I understand it, they were very appreciative of our visit. That is good to know. I wish to highlight one comment in the report, which I am happy to endorse.
It suggested that the ministerial team that deals with the voluntary sector should visit different areas regularly. We made visits to the eight parliamentary regions, which was fairly successful.
We asked whether the Executive has any plans to update the current guidance on development in the green belt, to which the answer was no, it has no immediate plans to do so. We asked if any exceptions to green-belt policy are likely to be made to allow developments relating to Scotland's bid to hold the Euro 2008 football tournament.
If the sub-post office cannot survive because there is not enough income, a referendum will not make any difference, except for the massive extra bureaucracy and expense of holding it.
According to the latest available worldwide comparative figures, Scotland's birth rate among those under 20 was 30.6 per 1,000, compared to 6.2 in the Netherlands, 8.1 in Denmark and 9.3 in France.