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Support for the petition has been received by e-mail from Michael Ryan, Mr and Mrs P Metcalfe, Marilyn Henderson, Graham Henderson and Helen Richardson.
—Official Report, Written Answers, 15 June 2000; Vol 7, p 115.I appreciate what the deputy minister is saying about health boards, but is there scope for an Executive national strategy?
There is also a possibility of the present P&O ships being converted, albeit at considerable cost, on a short-term basis to span the gap between the expiry of the present contract and the new ships coming on stream.
—Official Report, Written Answers, 3 February 2000; Vol 4, p 219.At that point, the minister did not expect further closures to take place.From what Mr Salmond is saying, Peterhead is an excellent institution and I accept his views as the local MSP.
—Official Report, Written Answers, 25 January 2000; Vol 4, p 161. The Executive cherry-picks; when it wants to follow the previous Administration, it does so.
If other funds had been brought in, the matter could have been considered in the round. The P&O contract was coming to an end. We should, perhaps, have sat down and thought about the best means of transport to Orkney and Shetland, rather than just about replacing the boats because they were getting old.