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Those Governments suffer exactly the same problems from net emigration of the workforce and they wish to attract their own diasporas back. Our pitch is straightforward: we do not just take people away; we take them and give them training, education, leadership skills and management skills.
If that was the strong theme that emerged in our evidence taking, it would be wrong if we did not reflect it in our conclusions. We need to get the pitch right. That is right. I commend the broad line of the changes that have been made.
That is a great help, but it goes nowhere near resolving all the issues—the complaints that are not properly dealt with by the Law Society of Scotland—that either fall by the wayside or pitch up at the ombudsman's office. There is a great deal to be done to make the service properly available to consumers.
Could we invite institutions to make their pitches before the committee? We must decide what topic we want to investigate and then undertake a procurement process.
That would depend on where farmers pitched their purchases. If farmers decided to breed their own herd and set themselves up with a particular type of animal, it might take longer.
I started with that, but I was not satisfied, even at the most basic level, with the women's accommodation.I therefore pitched for resources to have the remand house refurbished.
Does the Executive intend to produce figures on the number of disabled persons on public bodies and to set targets to try to achieve a more balanced pitch within the various organisations?
We have a part to play, but the clubs must help to educate their supporters and indicate that behaviour of this kind, whether on the pitch or on the terraces, is simply not acceptable.