Scottish Parliament e-Brief 

Issue 167, 18th August 2003

SECTION 1 - BUSINESS THIS WEEK

THE CHAMBER
Parliament is in recess.

IN COMMITTEE
Parliament is in recess.

 

SECTION 2 - NEWS

New Fisheries Protection Vessel
The new Fisheries Protection Vessel (FPV) Minna - a 47.5 metre ship, built by Fergusons of Port Glasgow - was officially commissioned on Friday.

Minna, the third FPV to be named after the heroine in Sir Water Scott's novel The Pirate, will police the Scottish Zone of British Fishery limits for the next 25 years.

She will be manned by a crew of 15 and carry out regular 21-day patrols monitoring the activities of EU fishing vessels and enforcing fisheries laws as necessary in the waters around Scotland.

Minna is a diesel electric powered patrol vessel capable of 14 knots. The fish ship of that name  was built in 1901 by Murdoch and Murray of Port Glasgow for the then Fishery Board for Scotland and was the first vessel in the Board's fleet to be fitted with Radio Telegraph equipment.

Requisitioned  in 1914 by the Royal Navy for wartime duties she was returned in 1919 to the Board's service and was decommissioned 1939.

The second Minna was built by William Denny and Bros Ltd of Dumbarton in 1939. Immediately requisitioned by the Royal Navy until 1946, the ship patrolled the West Coast of Scotland until 1974 when she was replaced by the Westra.

The Fisheries Protection Agency operates four ships in Scottish waters - the Sulisker, Vigilant, Norna and Minna. The Agency's marine staff complement is 130 in total.

A replacement for Sulisker, now the oldest vessel in the fleet, is planned.

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Increased funding for youth justice
Executive funding to tackle youth crime in Scotland will increase by 50% over the next two years, according to the Justice Minister, Cathy Jamieson.

Welcoming the progress being made by local authorities and their partners to develop services that give young people every opportunity to stop offending, the Minister confirmed that local authorities will receive an increase in funding for youth justice services from £10 million to £15 million by 2005-06.

Youth justice strategic teams have been in place across Scotland for over 18 months. They are primarily funded by the Executive’s education department.

The overall funding for this announcement was contained in the Scottish Budget 2003-06 and confirmed to local authorities last Thursday.  For Inverclyde, the figures are: 2003-04 £206,974; 2004-05 £279,034; 2005-2006 £321,962.

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SECTION 3 - NOTES ON THIS WEEK’S CHAMBER BUSINESS

Parliament is in recess.

 

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