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It is important to get an understanding of that next week, before the summer recess. I propose that we proceed with that, and I hope that colleagues agree.
I was encouraged by that and I thought that there was a possibility that we could encourage other councils to follow suit so, during the summer recess, and following another meeting with the Give Them Time campaign, I wrote to every council in Scotland.
Just yesterday, I wrote to the UK Government to ask it to decarbonise its estates and operations in Scotland in time to allow our net zero date of 2045 to be met, rather than its target date of 2050.
I visited the fishery during the summer recess and saw what it means to its customers, including the father and son who regularly travel there from Paisley.
I have said that I would like the agriculture bill to be before the House of Commons before we rise for our summer recess at the end of July. That is my high hope.
The lack of skills that we are suffering from is the result of the recession. People who left school during the recession were not going to go into a trade that had basically ground to a halt.
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Date answered:
23 April 2015
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To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many times and (b) on what dates the (i) current and (ii) previous First Minister has met the Scottish Energy Advisory Board since 2011.
While it is not the intention to consult formally, the representatives from the stakeholder group will have a further opportunity to comment on the draft guidance ahead of its publication and agree the date for publication. S4W-20969