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I am not here today to debate the pros and cons of stock transfer; I am here to ensure that positive steps are taken to involve tenants, and I would like to re-emphasise a point about the bill.Section 59 relates to consultation with tenants.
I think that I picked up on a number of those points in response to an earlier question from the convener. In an ideal world, it would be commendable to move to that universal system.
It rose to £78 million this year and is to rise further, to £92 million. Last week I visited the High Court with my colleague Margaret Smith and I thank those at the court who gave up their time for us.
The report sets out the reasons why that is the case.When we visited Westminster, we asked MPs whether, if they had the chance to design a system to deal with subordinate legislation from scratch, they would design the system that they have currently.
Minister, the convener has a certain way in which he runs the committee.You will probably be aware from press coverage of our visit to Thurso last week. What Willy Roe and Sandy Cumming said at our meeting from a Highland perspective was interesting—colleagues can keep me right on my synopsis of their comments.
In other words, whatever the incentive was, it was present and it was working. Two days later, I visited the transplant unit in Edinburgh royal infirmary, where staff showed exactly the same commitment despite the fact that they worked in a totally different kind of clinical service.
Home-Start Scotland, which operates throughout Scotland, also offers one-to-one support through home visits. Those two organisations operate with well-trained and dedicated volunteers and they provide a valuable service to our most vulnerable people.
In the reception of my constituency office, I have as many leaflets as possible on all the subjects under the sun, which can be distributed to people who visit the office, because, sometimes, they are not sure which organisation to approach.