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In New York I provided a welcome address at a VisitScotland media reception, which promoted 2016 as the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design through the use of food and drink.
I say that so forcefully because the motion makes the important point that transport is not detached from the rest of public policy but is central to it. I made that point at a reception that I hosted on behalf of the Road Haulage Association.
We have no control over when cancer throws people’s lives into chaos or despair, as we heard powerfully from Hayley at the reception in Parliament earlier this week, as the member for Aberdeenshire East mentioned.
I met his family some months ago, at a Scottish Rugby reception, and I am in awe of how they have turned those tragic circumstances into campaigning for better awareness of sudden cardiac death.
Last week, I had the honour of hosting a reception in the Scottish Parliament along with Richard Hyslop, the Falkland Islands representative in the United Kingdom and Europe.
It means attending a committee meeting such as this one or a session in the chamber; it does not mean attending a cross-party group or a reception in the Parliament. You have foreseen where my questions are going.
Before I wish the witnesses good morning, I should say that I was privileged to be invited to host a reception for Revenue Scotland in committee room 3 a couple of weeks ago.
I do not know whether you have ever taken evidence from it, but it provides hugely important funding for freelance creatives to practise their art in communities across Scotland. When one walked into the reception last night at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, there was a map of Scotland with a little dot showing where each of those people was from, and th...
We meet weekly—we used to meet daily—and work in conjunction with AUGB on various events in its premises, at hotels and on MS Victoria, as well as other civic receptions. To me, that link-up is the most important partnership of the situation.