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The second item in the convener's report is an interim report from the Scottish Executive on its activities on the G8 summit. Does anyone wish to comment on that lengthy report?
Does he also recognise the dispiriting impact on the people who carry out very good work locally—often voluntarily—to create active and attractive communities?What action is being taken to tackle the use of firearms by organised criminals?
I would prefer to have film stars who are resident and actively working in Scotland to give evidence to the committee, rather than those who live in Los Angeles, which was confirmed at an earlier meeting.
How can we possibly have motivated children and active citizens if they are denied the opportunity to take part in such activities in the core curriculum?
In keeping with the tradition of the 1970s trade union barons, it will keep on holding the vote until it gets the answer that it wants—or gets its people into the chamber.
As I tried to outline clearly in my opening remarks, simply investing more money without looking at what we get for it, and without getting the necessary cultural and legislative changes, will not solve the problem.
We are looking at types of applications as well as various elements of the population to see whether there is proper representation in the applications that we get. It will take us two or three months to get a handle on that.