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The clerk has advised me that he contacted the Scottish Tourism Forum—which in the main but not exclusively represents private sector operators—but it declined our offer of appearing before the committee.
As I understand it, GASH members want the automatic right to have contact with their grandchildren. That change has been seen as unnecessary, because people are content with the law as it stands.
Over the next week, we could try to contact Engender to find out about a variety of issues and whether a toolkit is available that would assist us.I thank Brian Adam for attending.
I am not saying that those agencies should be excluded, but there was a feeling among the reporters that we need to make genuine contact with people on the ground.An alternative venue would be Buccleuch Estates, which wrote to us and offered to host a day visit.
I share Mike Rumbles's view, in that I hope that that the petitioners are contacted with the committee's decision, and that the petitions have not merely gone into a dustbin, with the petitioners being told no more about the matter.
However, we could, in the first instance, contact the Minister for Transport to ask about a road awareness campaign and whether there are any plans to increase the number of passing places.