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The European and External Relations Committee wrote to the Electoral Commission to make a plea on the basis of geography for eight MSPs to be retained. I note what the minister said about geography.
The decision to go ahead with it was made by Donald Dewar, but it was ratified in June 1999 by every Labour MSP and by most Liberal MSPs, despite the fact that Donald Dewar rejected advice about the site, the contractor and the architect.
Along with the Westminster MPs from the Highlands and Islands, there are 16 MSPs from the area and eight MSPs who have an interest in the Highlands and Islands.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a statutory timescale for ministers to reply to letters from MSPs. Under the Scottish ExecutiveStandards of Service we aim to reply to correspondence as quickly as possible andwithin 20 working days of receipt.