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All that needs to happen is for a couple to split or someone to become ill, and that house, like a pack of cards, tumbles down around them. They may not have enough equity to pay off the loans, and they may be left with a personal debt.
It is certainly not because I am worried about any questions that he may ask that I am refusing Mr Monteith's intervention; it is just because I am about to finish.
If we know in advance that a bill is at stage 3, people can make allowances. We may have to stay on until 7 o'clock, as we have done before, and, if we cannot complete the debate in that time, we may have to schedule another session.
Often, behaviour that is not in itself objectionable and is in no way criminal is nevertheless intimidating and disruptive to others.For example, a group of kids hanging around a bus stop may be doing no one any harm. They may simply be doing what young people do, but they may...