– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 7 January 2003.
Fergus Ewing
Scottish National Party
Question S1W-32091
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Environment and Rural Development has met any MSP in connection with the future of the fishing industry, the impending negotiations with the EU and the future of the Common Fisheries Policy and, if so, whom he has met and on what dates.
Ross Finnie
Liberal Democrat
I have had recent meetings with, or involving, MSPs as follows:
11 November: Nora Radcliffe, Nicol Stephen, Richard Lochhead and Stewart Stevenson;
14 November: Iain Smith and Euan Robson;
26 November: Lewis Macdonald and Elaine Thompson;
2 December: Tavish Scott;
12 December: Richard Lochhead, Fergus Ewing, Stewart Stevenson, Andrew Welsh, Winnie Ewing and Margaret Ewing, and
17 December: Richard Lochhead.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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