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A recent report to Dundee City Council noted that a positive effort had been made on the promotion of the RRS Discovery and Verdant Works and that that had resulted in an 8.5 per cent increase in total visitor numbers over the past year to nearly 92,000. That is a success to be celebrated, but what is the point of celebrating if the attractions are under threat?
It is ironic that those who, in the case of field and blood sports, would like us to celebrate the countryside, should make it quite clear, when it comes to access, that they want us to celebrate it from afar.
The good and talented Highland friends of mine who did not live to see their 60th birthdays all worked and owned their homes—some even owned businesses.
The Scottish Executive should be collecting statistical information to find out whether people are being directed into certain areas simply because of their bilingualism.I would welcome a bill that welcomed and celebrated bilingualism as we should welcome and celebrate it if we are to have a multilingual, globalised ...
I likened it to the millennium dome because, regardless of the principle that celebrating the millennium was a good idea, there seemed to be a political determination that that celebration should take place in Greenwich, in a particular form.
We have also extended the availability of intense and on-going support for young care-experienced individuals up to their 26th birthday, which creates a significant window of opportunity.
There is also a team-spirit aspect to playing in an orchestra, which is important. I hope that while we celebrate Colin O'Riordan and applaud and support the creation of the Colin O'Riordan Trust, the minister will give a clear indication that the Government really values music education.