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Thank you very much.We will move on to questions. Paul Martin has expressed an interest in the petition. I will give him a chance to comment and then we will have a question-and-answer session.
If one pupil goes on three or four trips to an educational site in the central belt or Lowlands in a year, their family has to pay about £100, which is far more than someone in the central belt pays—they probably have to pay very little.
My colleague James Kelly will raise more questions on that.I mentioned the concerns that many have understandably expressed about the emergency legislation.
First, neither this case nor its handling has done Parliament much credit—there should be no place in this debate for personal accusations or for self-satisfied expressions on anyone's face.
There was a very interesting debate about future term lengths during the stage 1 debate, in which members expressed a range of views. It is important to reiterate that decisions on permanent changes to the timing of elections will be for members in the next session of Parliament to take.
The carers were young and old and from diverse groups. I express our sincere appreciation to those who made it possible for us to engage in that way in Glasgow and in Edinburgh.
As you say, it is slightly difficult to express that. The figures that are set out in the financial memorandum relate to the figures that are used currently to assess contributions.