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If my memory serves me correctly, I think that about 28 per cent of the people who visit the Edinburgh festivals spend at least one night outwith Edinburgh.
NHS Scotland will be held to account through the assessment visits that NHS QIS undertakes. In this morning's debate on age discrimination, the deputy minister said that the Executive would learn the lessons of the independent inquiry into the care and treatment of patients by NHS Lothian.
As well as attending the conference—which will be interesting in itself—and hearing from the delegates there, we will meet various representatives from different legislatures and academics with whom we wanted to make contact when we made our previous submission to the Conveners Group. Although the visit will be cramped and not as good as what we had planned...
I very much value the contribution that is made by prison governors and prison staff throughout Scotland; I had the opportunity to meet many of them during visits that I made during the summer recess.
I have made inquiries and I understand that tomorrow's visit to Holyrood was organised over the past month by the builders, Bovis Lend Lease, and the architects, RMJM, and that it was merely facilitated by the Parliament's media office.
English as a Foreign Language (Promotion) To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to promote the learning of English as a foreign language as a reason to visit Scotland. (S2O-1172) We recognise that learning English can be an important reason for students and other visitors to come to Scotland.
I share his view on the success of DTTOs in Aberdeen. I visited the DTTO project there during the summer and found it to be well organised, disciplined and professional.
If the member feels that it would be worth while, I would be happy to visit Paisley Arts Centre, which I understand is the venue for a major show called "Paisley in Stitches".
I have been invited to give evidence to the committee when it visits Edinburgh next month. The written submission will be a useful basis from which to work.Members will be familiar with the material in the submission.