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Although the minister has yet to make his visit to the Court of Session, he will be aware of the Finance Committee's recent report on the relocation of public sector jobs, which commended the relocation of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency to Tweedbank in my constituency.
I am sure that Jeremy Purvis will appreciate that that came out of his invitation to me to visit the Borders, where I saw at first hand some of the challenges that communities there face.
A Scottish connection can pop up in strange places too: on a visit to Zimbabwe in January, I was intrigued to find that the large pots that we had bought locally for cooking lunch for hungry schoolchildren had "Falkirk" embossed on them in large letters.Humanitarian agencies, their staff and their staff's families take risks and make sacrifices, because the...
Our background work on the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill and pre-legislative work during visits were extremely helpful. That is not mentioned in the report and it probably should be.
The angel, we are told, declared unto Mary, and she proclaimed her "Yes". On the occasion of the visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, Elizabeth greeted Mary and Mary proclaimed that great hymn of praise, the Magnificat.
That was the beginning of several hilarious yet homely chats with two Bathgate worthies, who unfortunately have since left us to continue the conversation with their maker.As I continue to meet elderly people in houses, apartments and nursing homes near here in 2003, that first visit to Margaret and Janet stays with me.
Will the Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning do all that he can to encourage the First Minister, during his welcome visit to Stranraer tomorrow, to announce that the Scottish Executive will bring forward the start dates for the much-needed projects on the A77 and the A75 that have already been identified by the Executive?