FRIENDS OF SCOTLAND AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND

after 'project', leave out to end and add, 'and congratulates the Secretary of State for Scotland on her initiative which is less than one third of the way into its three year timescale, and has already attracted the support and endorsement of 140 recruits from 17 countries throughout the world; and further notes that the Friends of Scotland website in the three months since it was launched has highlighted 25 features of Scotland's world class excellence in the spheres of culture, education and business and that in collaboration with every Foreign and Commonwealth post overseas Friends of Scotland has widely promoted the strengths of contemporary Scotland and that as a consequence of all of these approaches and the recent visit of the Secretary of State for Scotland to Australia and New Zealand, Friends of Scotland will continue to build and develop over the coming months.'.