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That is fine—thank you very much and welcome to the committee. You joined us on our visit to Wishaw neonatal unit on Monday, so you have had an external visit with the committee, but I welcome you to your first formal meeting.
One of the ways to get members to begin to be happy to put aside some of their party affiliations and work together is for them to enjoy the work that they are doing. As Marc Geddes says, visits are great, but they are difficult to justify in themselves.
That piece of work recognises that, even within the UHI, the cost base of delivering in some localities—for example, in island settings—will be higher than in others. I visited the college in Shetland to which you referred and met its principal.
Official Gifts
There were no official gifts received in the first parliamentary year of session 6 due to the suspension of official visits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Official Gifts
There were no official gifts received in the fifth parliamentary year of session 5 due to the suspension of official visits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the initial work, members of the Committee visited:
All in Dundee
Dovetail Enterprises
ENABLE
Giraffe Café
National Autistic Society Scotland
Push Re-use Centre
Members of the Committee meet informally with more organisations and individuals in addition to formal evidence sessions at Holyrood..