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Finally, I want to tell the committee that it took two whole years of meetings, phone calls and discussions to get a written response and another whole year to get that into print.
It looks as if we are dealing with a management side that will—as it said months ago—try to get what it wants using the powers it has if it cannot get it by consent.
It was formed because of concern that 20 sustainable local jobs were threatened by the activities of a factory ship that had arrived to plunder the waters of Luce bay in my constituency.
A meeting with the Scottish Executive, to get an overview, was followed by what in European terms might be called the stakeholders meeting in Stirling, where we tried to get as many of the different organisations together as possible.
A meeting with the Scottish Executive, to get an overview, was followed by what in European terms might be called the stakeholders meeting in Stirling, where we tried to get as many of the different organisations together as possible.
I accept the basic proposition that we should move to appoint an adviser, but whomever we appoint must take on the task of getting out there and speaking to the consumers of advice to get both sides of the story on the delivery of business advice services.