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Before we move to the next item of business, members will wish to join me in welcoming to the gallery the Rt Hon David Carter MP, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Does the cabinet secretary agree that expanding the existing—but now full—enterprise zones in Prestwick and Irvine, and perhaps creating a new one in East Ayrshire, are strategically important to jobs creation and business development across Ayrshire?
This morning, I have opened two primary schools—the fact that I opened two brand-new schools just this morning goes to show that the Government is building a lot of schools in our country.
Constituents who have contacted the Student Awards Agency for Scotland have been informed that, “because of possible constraints as a result of the EU referendum result, we cannot at present state our funding position for any new students starting undergraduate degrees from 2017-2018.”
A couple of weeks ago, I sat down at the end of a busy day and switched on the television, as many of us do. Sky Sports News came on the screen and, because it was transfer deadline day, lots of frantic activity was taking place as football clubs tried to secure last-minute deals.
At the very least, will the minister consider additional transitional funding to allow this vital service to continue until the health and social care partnerships are set up and new arrangements can be put in place?
We also recognise that parents have a key role in supporting their children’s speech and language development from the start. We have recently launched the new read, write, count campaign, which builds on the play, talk, read and bookbug campaigns.
We recognise that the AWPR is very important to the north-east, but the Scottish Government has succeeded in reannouncing previous manifesto commitments as new spending on north-east infrastructure on several occasions.