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That is a huge step forward in the new politics. The bill is not a tired gesture, like a Westminster 10-minute rule bill, but new back-bench legislation prepared in a new way for a new Parliament.
We have found that the statutory requirement to collaborate in section 26 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 has been a really successful underpinning of our working together.
I should say that both visits were thoroughly enjoyable occasions.When I visit, I stay with friends who have been involved in the music and cultural life of the Highlands for the past 20 years.
I move that we ask for additional written evidence and take no further oral evidence. I am struck by the new-found resistance to the taking of oral evidence since the new year.