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I am not asking you to commit to anything now, but the committee has expressed an interest in the past in working with the Scottish Government and other interested parties to establish where best practice lies and to ensure that we deliver our objectives in the bill and maintain turnout and the integrity of local government.
I understand that the concern that was expressed by those who are involved in thespian circles was not about the performance of a play but related to "reasonable belief".
I was glad—well, perhaps not glad—to be able to go along and hear the concerns that were expressed to me this morning.Having cited the experience of those I talked to who are on strike, I turn to the concerns of another constituent who contacted me.
I agree, but it is not good enough to replicate some of the Tories’ policies and then blame them for all that is bad while trying to take credit for anything that is deemed to be good.
I will be careful about how I word my question.Constituents have expressed concerns to me about whether we have got the regulation and licensing of the security industry right—I suspect that Angela Constance's constituents have expressed concerns to her about that, too.
We are fortunate to have in the public gallery this evening visitors from Holyrood secondary school, St Mary's Kenmure, Turnbull high school and Strathclyde Police.
It went down wonderfully well, and we should be getting more copies of it fired out.I am reminded of an idea that has been expressed by a guy called Joel Kotkin, who wrote an interesting book called "Tribes".
The ferry service was discussed at the bilateral meeting with our Northern Ireland visitors yesterday as opposed to at the British-Irish Council summit.