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By the time he left Irvine the following year, he had resolved to “endeavour at the character of a poet”, in large part due to the friendship that developed between Burns and local sea captain, Richard Brown, who encouraged him to become a poet.
I took through the Forth Crossing Bill, apart from stage 3—as a result of that year’s winter’s snow—for which Keith Brown was the minister. As the convener mentioned, some snagging work—which, I note, is around the joints—is to be done shortly.
In addition, I thank in particular my Mid Scotland and Fife colleagues Mark Ruskell and Alex Rowley; the MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Keith Brown; and lain Smith from the Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser.
Before I came in to the committee room this morning, I was reading a tweet about the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, Keith Brown, addressing a conference this morning and talking about cities taking the lead in decarbonisation.
I was quite amused when, the other week, Keith Brown talked about his father’s garage being stuffed full of all sorts of items that he was trying to sell.
I will now open up the session to colleagues round the table. Gavin Brown will go first. Good morning. I have a quick question about the project’s overall status.
It says: “Other costs include the destruction of salmon, sea trout and brown trout spawning beds, the loss of river walks, farm land, dragonfly’s nesting areas, wild fowl and the complete destruction of the marine biosphere in the affected areas.”
I know that there have been discussions about this, and Keith Brown started to allude to the fact that ministers would be picking up all liabilities relating to the situation.