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However, His Excellency Mr Vahe Gabrielyan, the Armenia Ambasador to the United Kingdom, paid a courtesy call on Mr Nicol Stephen MSP, the then Deputy First Minister, on 6 October 2005.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) its policy is and (b) the arrangements are for inviting local MPs and MSPs to official functions organised by it.
I want to get back to the point about detentions. I am a Highlands and Islands MSP, and we are not just talking about islands but about places such as Wester Ross, the north Highlands and so on, where it can sometimes be difficult to get legal representation, especially over the weekend.
Although it would be wholly inappropriate simply to pick two people off the street, surely there are people outside the legal system who can bring their life experience to the council, as MSPs do to our role. I am not suggesting that lay members of the council should be MSPs or ex-MSPs, but we represent, and sometimes meet, people out in the world.