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Section 19 makes several amendments that will allow Scottish local authorities to pilot the use of personal identifiers at local government elections. Sections 20 to 26 contain a range of miscellaneous provisions.
If there is to be a ban on exit polls, surely by 8 December at the latest there should be in place firm legislative proposals to ensure that the ban is not broken.
I am aware of the work that is being done in East Lothian Council; indeed, I have visited schools in East Lothian that have taken some new and imaginative approaches and have made significant efforts to make social inclusion a reality.
We cannot rewrite the accounts of the past year or two, but as I look forward I am struck by the fact that the real-terms increase to 2006 proposed for England is 19 per cent while in Scotland it is 7 per cent. That is a significant sum of money, which will have an impact on investment.
The Executive's motion talks about how we achieved a new politics in Scotland. I would like that new politics, which has engaged civic society, to move on.
For the uninformed in the Parliament, it is the latest Hollywood blockbuster, which is based on climate change and will be coming to a cinema near you in the very near future.