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It is right and proper that the Scottish Parliament should express its view on the crisis in Gaza.We all know the genesis of the current Israeli attack on Gaza.
For Northern Ireland to remain aligned with the Republic of Ireland, and thus the EU, on customs, and to prevent a hard border on the island, it has to be regarded as being de facto part of the European Union’s customs territory.
We are working with Buccleuch, Hopetoun and various other estates that have expressed a desire to register voluntarily, so I am grateful for the work that they have carried out.
He talks about the two roles as “running with the hare and hunting with the hounds”, which I suppose is another way of expressing Gavin Brown’s point. There are obviously significant concerns.
For example, the construction sector has done a great deal of work to ensure that sites are able to operate on a safe basis and that they have safe working practices that are consistent with the Government’s requirements in that respect.
This is not—as Roddy Campbell seems to suggest—about the legal establishment opposing progress. The concerns that have been expressed by the so-called legal establishment have been expressed because the provisions interfere with two important principles of democracy in Scotland.