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In the first instance, it is worth pointing out that neither the Scottish National Party nor the Conservative party shares a monopoly of concern about the news that we all received last week on the Holyrood project.
The report of the CSG was one of the cornerstones on which the new Parliament was built. It reflected a high degree of public and political consensus about the way in which our new Parliament should operate.
I want to ask about tribunals, mediation and dispute resolution. The bill proposes a new duty and a new power for parents to ask for independent mediation.
Secondly, there does not seem to be any power to amend the sum of £5,000 in new section 20E(1)(b) of the 1990 act, yet section 38(1A)(b) provides for a specific power to amend the same sum specified in new section 55(1)(bc) of the 1980 act.