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You are very kind, Presiding Officer. I really appreciate that extra time. I have visited several trust ports including those in Aberdeen, the Cromarty Firth, Inverness, Lerwick, Mallaig, Scrabster and Stornoway.
If the ambitions and horizons that Professor Carter set out in her research were translated into reality, they would equate to more than 10,000 new businesses and an extra £7.6 billion to Scotland’s gross value added.
Minister, I am afraid that all the extra time has been used up, and I would be grateful if you could finish by 5 o’clock. 16:51 I will certainly do my best, Presiding Officer.
I played a small and insignificant role in the proceedings, as I attended one evidence session as a committee substitute. Although I was an extra only for the day, I appreciated the committee’s work and the insights that were provided by the witnesses to whom I listened.
I mentioned that we have given an extra 1,000 tonnes of mackerel quota to the inshore sector, which is a substantial increase that will help to attract new entrants into the sector.
Did we really need eight years of delay, a legal ruling and now a private bill to get one extra playing field for Portobello high school, which takes it out of line with what other new high schools that are currently being built in Edinburgh by the City of Edinburgh Council are being offered?
He was told in one class they did not have time to review the prelim paper. We have had to purchase extra resources at considerable expense to help him study for his exams.