Part of First Minister's Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament at 12:00 pm on 29 March 2007.
Bill Butler
Labour
12:00,
29 March 2007
The First Minister will be aware that the pupils and staff of Drumchapel high school in my Constituency played a prominent part in drawing attention to the treatment of asylum seeker families, which led to the agreement that was announced in March 2006. This morning, when I spoke to Wilson Blakey, the head teacher, he confirmed that the pupils appreciate what the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Parliament have been trying to do.
Does the First Minister agree that the Minister for Education and Young People's letter, in which he urged the Home Office to take a sensible and pragmatic approach to reviewing the asylum applications of more than 1,000 so-called legacy cases in Scotland, should be welcomed and that such an approach should be actively pursued, not only because it is backed by the Scottish Refugee Council, not only because it will be supported by the Majority of decent Scottish people and not only because it makes common sense, but because it is the right and just thing to do?
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