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If you wish to, Mr Kelly, you can. No, I want to get on to Keith Brown, who seemed to completely ignore or was oblivious to the low-pay nature of the economy.
We will now take evidence on waste in Scotland from our second panel. Jim Brown, who is commercial director of the Binn Group, is just about to join us.
Only last week, Fergus Ewing met Commissioner Hogan and Minister Creed during a visit to Brussels, and Keith Brown visited Berlin and Hamburg. Across Europe—and the world—Scotland’s predicament has been met with interest, understanding and open ears.
That is leaving teachers to drown in a sea of jargon—that is not my word, but that of Dr Janet Brown, the SQA’s chief executive. It is not only many teachers but parents who have been overwhelmed with jargon.
I also welcome the minister’s statements today and the visits that he and Keith Brown have already made to Aberdeen so soon into their tenure, which are further evidence of the Scottish Government prioritising support to my area.
As I went from door to door, many people told me that they were voting Conservative for the first time because they were disillusioned with Labour and they wanted to hold the Government to account, which is what I and my colleagues will do over the next five years. I thank previous members Gavin Brown and Cameron Buchanan and I record my gratitude to David...
Fergus Ewing did that previously and did it well, and I am sure that Mr Wheelhouse will do it equally well. In addition, Keith Brown and Mr Wheelhouse will meet representatives of the oil and gas industry in Aberdeen tomorrow.
That ambition for achieving more together is not limited to the people of Scotland, Britain or the European Union—our “common endeavour” is a universal principle that applies to all. For example, Gordon Brown recently wrote of the vital role that the European Union can play in working for stability and hope in the middle east and Africa.
I will continue to discuss the precise detail of that in the very near future with SDS. Mr Brown touched on Mr Whitton’s point that this Government is making a brave decision.
Will he accept that the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has already acknowledged that the Climate Change Bill has the scope to increase the UK target from 60 per cent to 80 per cent, and that he is already considering the science on that matter?