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I would like clarification on those issues, because I know that people tend to come forward very late with such problems, saying, "I've had this thing served on me." In many cases the notice period runs out that day or the next day, because they have put everything off.
That seems to contradict Duncan McNeil's argument. How many times has the Scottish Executive told the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in no uncertain terms, that UK Government economic policy is harming the manufacturing sector in Scotland?
Ireland, as Fergus Ewing knows, did extremely well for many years because it was coming from an extremely low base in terms of gross domestic product per head.
Mr Harvey will make this committee work hard, as he obviously intends to send a great many petitions to the Parliament. However, we must prevent the Parliament and the other committees from becoming overburdened.
(S1F-29) The First Minister (Donald Dewar): I last formally met the Secretary of State for Scotland on 1 December 1999. There have, however, been many informal exchanges, both face to face and with the use of the telephone.