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The Committee does not believe that the case for allowing people who do not live in Scotland the opportunity to influence the result of local government elections or Scottish Parliament elections is strong enough.viJamie Halcro Johnston MSP and Tom Mason MSP dissented from this paragraph.
Can I, therefore, get confirmation from you as to whether people in your office respond to invites to meet MSPs without consulting you before they decline them, or did you mislead Parliament?
We have received apologies from Oliver Mundell MSP. Before we move to the first item on the agenda, I remind everyone present to switch their mobile phones to silent.
We have received apologies from Maurice Golden and also from Sarah Boyack, for whom Claire Baker MSP is here as substitute. Ms Baker will have to leave to attend to other parliamentary duties during the course of the meeting, but she hopes to be able to return later.