Prime Minister (Meetings)

Part of First Minister's Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament at 12:00 pm on 16 September 2004.

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Photo of Rt Hon Jack McConnell Rt Hon Jack McConnell Labour 12:00, 16 September 2004

I said last week that I did not want to do this every week, so I apologise, but after what I said last week, it would be wrong not to congratulate Andrew Murray on his outstanding achievement at the weekend in winning the US Open boys tennis championship. [ Applause. ] It would be truly remarkable if the first British person to win Wimbledon for a very long time was a Scot.

I have no immediate plans to meet the Prime Minister, but in my next conversation with him, I intend to raise with him my ambition that the civil service in Scotland should be the most innovative and the best in the United Kingdom. I would welcome his support to help us to achieve that objective.