– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 29 October 2008.
Lord George Foulkes
Labour
Question S3W-16900
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15009 by Fergus Ewing on 14 July 2008, what the purpose was of the meeting between the Minister of Europe, External Affairs and Culture and the organisers of IslamExpo on 17 January 2008 and whether the Scottish Government will publish details of the agenda and papers discussed.
Fergus Ewing
Scottish National Party
This was a meeting to discuss the potential development of a Scottish-based IslamFest event. There was no formal agenda or papers tabled.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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