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It should have been no surprise that the Parliament's first week in the new building would see health campaigners ringing the building to protest not at its cost, but about the most important issue that faces Scotland.
We had capital and a proper business plan, but the game was new and we experimented. The bank could have doubled the money, we would never have become involved with Scottish Enterprise and I would not now be sitting in front of the committee.
I understand that the Law Society and the Faculty of Advocates is, in the light of the regulations, examining the current agreement for accounting for counsel's fees.The introduction of any new legislation will lead to questions about how it will operate in practice.
Political judgment must be exercised and that is a better way of dealing with such situations than having the procedure enshrined in new guidelines. There is no doubt that the situation that led Donald Gorrie to produce the paper brought parliamentary procedure into disrepute.
Anti-discrimination legislation in relation to disability is still relatively new, and the budget process must recognise the growing number of performance indicators so that disability issues can be properly taken into account across the different departmental budget heads.