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I thank the committee for the opportunity to speak to the petition.I suggest that members take Des McNulty’s advice. The review of funding for the hospice movement is in progress.
I sympathise strongly with the sentiments that have been expressed by Kevin Stewart. Two male lions, two male tigers and an elderly female tiger arrived in Fraserburgh in October, at the end of the circus season.
It would be wonderful if, just occasionally, Willie Rennie would accept that other people, apart from the Liberal Democrats, have expressed a consistent concern for human rights in our country and across the planet.
This is the first opportunity that members have had to explore and express, on the record, ideas or initial reflections about what our work programme should cover.
If, after Brexit, a report were to come in from another country—let us say Bulgaria or Poland—that expressed worry about a child who was living in Scotland, we would consider child protection to be crucial and we would still act.