Date Event 29 June 2009 Attended Cabinet Meeting, University of Abertay, Dundee 29 June 2009 Attended Homecoming Reception, Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre 30 June to 2 July Represented the Scottish Government at the Hearts Great war memorial to remember the Scottish soldiers of McCrae''s Battalion who fell at the Battle of the Somme in 1917 at Contalmaison, France. 20 July 2009 Meeting with Ministerial Private Office Staff 22 July 2009 Phone call with the Permanent Secretary 25 July 2009 Attended The Gathering, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh 26 July 2009 Attended The Gathering, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh 27 July 2009 Attended Homecoming Reception, Melrose Rugby Club 28 July 2009 Attended Cabinet Meeting, Melrose Rugby Club 28 July 2009 Participated in National Conversation, Corn Exchange, Melrose 31 July 2009 Phone call with Ms Gari Donn, Edinburgh University 11 August 2009 Phone call with the Minister for Environment 11 August 2009 Meeting with Private Office Staff 17 August 2009 Signed the Stirling Single Outcome Agreement at Gartmore House, Stirlingshire, with members of the Stirling Community Planning Partnership. 17 August 2009 Attended Homecoming Reception, King''s College Campus, Elphinstone Hall 18 August 2009 Attended Cabinet Meeting, King''s College Campus, Aberdeen 18 August 2009 Participated in National Conversation, Kings College, Aberdeen 18 August 2009 Visit to Cytosystems company, Craibstone, Aberdeen 21 August 2009 Homecoming Event, Fraserburgh Golf Club 24 August 2009 Minister for Parliamentary Business & Mike Rumbles - Phone Call 24 August 2009 Minister for Parliamentary Business & Patrick Harvie - Phone Call 24 August 2009 Phone call with Presiding Officer 24 August 2009 Meeting of Government Whips 24 August 2009 Meeting of the Parliamentary Bureau 27 August 2009 Taste of the Tattoo, Jedburgh Rugby Ground 27 August 2009 Reception, Reception - Taste of the Tattoo, Jedburgh Rugby Ground 27 August 2009 Meeting with COSLA at Rosebery House Haymarket Terrace S3W-27214