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Very often they have to work unsocial hours and are trying to meet the needs of their families as well as earn a decent income, which is not always an easy set of objectives to meet.
I thank all the members who signed the motion and those colleagues who have stayed behind in this final meeting of Parliament before the summer recess.
I also thank Iain Jamieson, who is our legal adviser, and Ruaraidh Macniven for their invaluable input and assistance throughout the process. Meeting closed at 15:19.
I deeply regret that, but it is a fact of life.I want to pick up on one or two other points that were raised at the committee's meeting of 18 December and which I read in the Official Report.