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We have received an apology from Alasdair Morrison because he has to leave the meeting shortly to meet some constituents who are visiting the Parliament. I remind everyone to switch off their mobile phones so that there is no interference with the sound system.There are five negative instruments to be considered under agenda item 1: the Sulphur Content of L...
We very often cross-refer only to England and Wales—there is nothing wrong with that, as that system is a close comparator—but we need to keep an eye on how we are doing more generally.
People have said that the proposed system is the least proportional STV system in the world. However, we should be comparing the system not with systems elsewhere in the world, but with the first-past-the-post system that it will replace.
Amendment 30 seeks to delete in its entirety paragraph 7 of schedule 2. It is wrong that only overseas visits should be registrable, as all visits should be treated in the same way.
A couple of years ago we were also visited by Thabo Mbeki. The visits by those individuals provided clear evidence of the affinity that they feel for Scotland.