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Secondly, progress will be followed up through the best-value audits of councils, which have now started and will be carried out in relation to each council every three years.
I carried out a short consultation on civil partnership with a group of about 40 young people in Glasgow two weekends ago as one of our "have your say" events. The consultation followed a brief explanation for those young people who might not have been aware of what a civil partnership is.
That is appropriate today.I will probably be followed by another five-minute bleat about the poor misunderstood souls who instil fear and apprehension into our neighbourhoods and communities.
If not, I will say, "Let's go through the mist and clear it away."Why is the SNP following this line today? SNP members are saying, "If we can't win, let's change the rules."