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As an Opposition spokesperson trying to be involved in the process of submitting amendments, I found it extremely onerous—as I am sure back-bench members did—to get support and to get the amendments worked up.
Such a situation was described to us in one area that we visited in Glasgow; we were told that we had no idea what it feels like to have fought for a house in an area where you wanted to stay only to find that all you want to do now is to get out.
The first piece of work that we did—of which I am sure you would approve—was on the Macpherson report, which meant that we were unable to get all the education work done in time for the consultation.