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Grace means being given something that I do not deserve.I hope that you will permit me to steal an illustration from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables", which is set around the time of the French revolution.
It seems that members would value a regular account of wildlife crime, and amendment 26 will deliver that in a flexible and appropriate way.There are two points to make about amendment 26.
However, it would be useful if I gave a brief overview of the two documents that were laid before Parliament on 26 September this year: the Scottish Government’s progress report for 2018-19 and Social Security Scotland’s annual report and accounts.
Although it is clear that we should credit the Government with making some progress, there is still an awful lot more to be done to ensure that there is a proper level playing field, in order to weed out any automatic discrimination.