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It seems to me to be both unnecessary and inappropriate for quangos to express any such views. The Deputy First Minister, while being characteristically robust when questioned on these matters, did not seem entirely unsympathetic to concerns that Tavish Scott and I expressed.
On a point of reference, Sweden is the one Scandinavian country that has de-established its church. Not all the Scandinavian countries have an established church.
Moreover, it is reckoned that the tourism aspect alone of the University of Edinburgh is worth about £17 million.The university’s commercial liaison unit, Edinburgh Research and Innovation, provided some particularly interesting figures at the recent presentation.
We now have a Scottish drowning prevention strategy that came from the work of the members of the cross-party group. I pay particular credit to the Spiers family in Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that a visitor centre separate from formal visitor facilities in prisons is provided for support before and after formal visits.
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Date answered:
23 September 2009
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