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It is not the same as in larger towns and cities, where people can simply transfer to another part of the community and take a bus to visit their friends or go to work. Rural communities are much more sensitive to ill-thought-out proposals such as this one.
One means of doing that is to produce a proactive, web-based spreadsheet of the budget, which has regular updates on spending flows and which highlights unspent balances.
As such, it will be welcomed throughout Scotland, but particularly by young people. When I visit schools and receive visits from young people to the Parliament, they often raise animal welfare issues with me.
Before we begin consideration of stage 2 of the Family Law (Scotland) Bill, I welcome to the committee several visiting members: Ken Macintosh, Brian Adam and Fergus Ewing.
That reminds me of an anecdote that John Farquhar Munro told me. When he recently visited an old folks' home in Portree, an elderly gentleman recognised him and said, "Oh, John Farquhar, is that you in here now?"