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Could we as MSPs do more to encourage that work to happen with our councils? May I ask you whether you mean Ukrainian local communities or local people?
To echo Bob Doris’s remarks about asking Colin Beattie pressing questions, there is an obligation on MSPs to ask such questions. Sometimes, we may need to save MSPs from themselves.
Meeting of the Parliament (Virtual) 28 May 2020 Meeting of the Parliament (Virtual) 28 May 2020Portfolio Question Time Portfolio Question TimeEducation and Skills Education and Skills Good afternoon, and welcome to this virtual meeting of the Scottish Parliament.
I am always an optimist so, yes, I hope that we will finish before May, but I am also a realist and accept that, in certain circumstances, the date could be after May.
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