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A drive to more than double turnover in Scotland's food and drink sector by 2030 was launched in March 2017.

"Ambition 2030" was developed by organisations in the farming, fishing, food and drink industries, alongside the Scottish government and agencies.

The strategy aims to increase the sector's turnover from an estimated £14.4bn to £30bn within 13 years.

It will focus on building Scotland's brand as a land of food and drink and driving sales in the UK and abroad.

The plan also hopes to raise the attractiveness of the industry as a career and ensure farmers, fishermen, manufacturers and buyers share in profitability.

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Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing begins by emphasising the Scottish government's commitment to bringing forward legislation to underpin making Scotland a good food nation.

He confirms the SNP will accept the amendments from Labour, the Greens and Lib Dems, but not from the Conservatives due to it deleting the part highlighting Brexit as a risk to the food and drink sector.

Scotland's food and drink fortnight is an important annual event for promote produce, he states.

Mr Ewing also notes it is the year of young people, hence the food and drink fortnight this year focusing on the future of the sector.

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The Scottish government has set a target to increase visitor spending on food and drink to £2bn by 2030.

Food and drink tourism is currently worth £1bn per year.

The food tourism action plan, external, launched by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last month, sets out a range of actions to double the sectors' value to the economy.

A new food tourism apprenticeship programme will be created, while more visitor attractions will receive support to help achieve the 'Taste Our Best' accreditation.

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Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing gets us underway.

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MSPs will take part in a debate to celebrate Scotland's food and drink.........after we've had some Scottish food and drink for lunch!

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop says this is a story of human and individual morality, as well as one of international solidarity.

She praises the documentary makers and notes funding was provided from Creative Scotland.

We have to make sure, as a global citizen, that human rights are respected internationally she states.

Ms Hyslop concludes by highlighting how "simple actions can have a lasting impact" and by saluting the East Kilbride Rolls Royce workers and the film maker Felipe Bustos Sierra.

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Green MSP Ross Greer thanks and celebrates the workers of Rolls Royce in East Kilbride.

Mr Greer explains that Stuart Barrie heard that people in Chile were inspired by the action taken by the workers.

He says brutal regimes still exist and have links to companies in Scotland, which get public support, which he insists should end.

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It often comes as a surprise to foreigners visiting Chile to discover that Gen Augusto Pinochet still has supporters here.

Outside Chile, the general is almost universally vilified - remembered as a ruthless dictator whose military regime killed more than 3,000 political opponents, tortured many more and drove thousands into exile.

But inside the country, views tend to be more nuanced.

Attitudes towards Gen Pinochet's 1973-1990 regime and the Socialist government of Salvador Allende that preceded it remain complex and subject to intense debate.

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Labour MSP Monica Lennon says watching Nae Pasaran! is now firmly on her to do list.

This debate allows us to remember the dead and show solidarity to the living, she states.

The workers refused to repair the engines and the action started with just one worker, Bob Fulton, Ms Lennon tells the chamber.

This highlights the importance of solidarity and worker unity, she adds.

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Much has been documented on the rise and fall of Chile's brutal military dictator General Augusto Pinochet yet little on the men who brought about his demise.

The Oscar-nominated foreign-language film, No, sought to redress the balance.

The Spanish-speaking film, starring Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal, is set in Chile in 1988, when a public referendum was called on Pinochet's 15-year coup-seized leadership.

The people were to be asked to vote Yes for a continuation of Pinochet's rule or No for him to go.

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Tory MSP Graham Simpson says this is a key moment in the history of his home town East Kilbride.

He explains Nae Paseran means "They will not pass".

"I'm delighted to welcome Bob Fulton to the gallery," says Mr Simpson and he praises the action he instigated, refusing to work on Chilean jet engines during the Pinochet coup.

The Tory MSP says the film Nae Paseran should be celebrated as marking this history.

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On 11 September 1973, Chilean Air Force planes flew low over Santiago, firing rockets at La Moneda Palace. The building housed President Salvador Allende, the world’s first democratically elected Marxist head of state.

Thousands of miles away in East Kilbride workers at the town’s Rolls-Royce factory watched in horror as the military coup unfolded.

They were appalled that a democracy had been overthrown. And they were outraged that engines from their factory were at the core of the Hawker Hunter planes that had attacked the presidential palace.

The men decided to take action.

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SNP MSP Linda Fabiani begins by detailing to events the took place in Chile in the 1970s.

She notes many Chilean exiles sought refuge in Scotland.

Ms Fabiani welcomes Bob Fulton and Stuart Barrie to the chamber, two of the workers who took part in the boycott.

She praises the film Nae Pasaran for recognising the achievements of the East Kilbride workers and urges others to see it.