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I am simply saying that, as the committee report records, there is“a range of views among witnesses”.I give way to Mr Brown in the hope of cheering him up, perhaps, with my response.
I am afraid that I do not completely follow that point. I am trying to say to Gavin Brown that, by using a smaller amount of money, we are able to achieve— Build more homes.
I look forward to working with her and shadowing part of her responsibilities, as I do part of Mr Brown’s responsibilities.At the outset, I had—and I still have—considerable sympathy for the policy intention behind the bill.
In essence, the charge that the SNP has brought to the chamber is that there is foot dragging—Robert Brown called it dithering; I will deal with that charge later in my speech.
Very specifically, it is about looking at the recommendations from the fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Katie Allan and William Brown back in 2018.As you will see when the report is published, there was a mixed picture.
There is no question but that there are difficult times ahead, but I am delighted to support what is an excellent budget. Thank you, Mr Brown. I will now take—briefly—two final speakers in the open debate.