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We are just cutting out the bit in the middle that makes the process longer. I entirely agree with Mary Mulligan. Amendment 134 is sensible, and the bill is all about speeding up the processes and getting people into court more quickly.
The Scottish Conservatives welcome the opportunity to debate the proposals for new legislation on mental health. Mary Scanlon underlined our commitment to the new legislation.
Charity indeed begins at home, but that does not mean to say that it should end there. As Irene Oldfather, Mary Mulligan and others pointed out, Malawi desperately needs our help, but help can come in many forms.
The third question is, that amendment S2M-2585.4, in the name of Mary Scanlon, which seeks to amend motion S2M-2585, in the name of Malcolm Chisholm, on housing, be agreed to.
Our time for reflection leader this afternoon is the Reverend Dr Michael Purcell, who is parish priest of St Mary of the Angels in Camelon. I teach in the school of divinity just through the wall, so it is a pleasure to be here in the flesh to see what this place is like.I was speaking with a friend from Lebanon last week.
I would have supported amendments 138 and 139, proposed by Phil Gallie and Malcolm Chisholm, had section 73 been tightened up. Representations were made by Mary Kearns of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics and by other members to the effect that if a carer is able to overrule a clinician there should be more responsibility on that carer so that the dec...