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COSLA is right to question whether the new burdens have been taken on board and the extent to which local authorities will be funded to carry out their new functions.
In rising to move amendment S1M-1320.1, I think that it would first be appropriate for me to congratulate the new Minister for Social Justice and the new Deputy Minister for Social Justice on their appointments.
I appreciate that we are not dealing with a new medicine, but surely someone among all the new organisations in Scotland can give us a steer on the matter.