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Nevertheless, it would appear that Tom McCabe thinks that there are too many quangos while Tavish Scott is mapping out the future and the locations of many of those quangos.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is taken by Scottish Enterprise to attract talented individuals from abroad; how it ascertains whether such individuals stay in Scotland, and how it measures any impact on the economy of their retention.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 February 2001
To what extent are young women being attracted to apprenticeships in what might be called the less traditionally female sectors, such as the construction industry?
We will take Bill Aitken's proposal for future action along with Stewart Stevenson's suggestion that the matter would be a good subject for a future work plan.