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I understand that, because the proposals relate to family law, a new EU regulation could be adopted only following unanimous agreement of all member states that participate in the process.
The decision-making issues to which Ken Macintosh referred tend to involve commonsense matters such as resource management, visits and research.My plea is that, if we approve the paper, we should update annexe A to reflect standing orders.
John Scott is tempting me with a little mention of Arran—he is trying to get me onside. I regret not having been able to visit the farmers market here in the Parliament last night, because of other business.
That will not take long.I draw the First Minister's attention to the fact that, today, Tony Blair is making one of his rare visits to Scotland—indeed, they are almost as rare as the First Minister's visits to hospitals.
A couple of weekends ago, I visited Florence to renew my acquaintance with art treasures that I saw first as a schoolgirl, such as the Duomo, the churches of San Marco and San Lorenzo, and the statue of David in the Accademia gallery.
It seems to me that that combination of legislative commitment and financial investment is the surest sign yet that we have a new politics in Scotland. That new politics is working.