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I recognise that the issue is extremely important, but I have not signed the motion. When Mary Scanlon and I discussed it, one or two aspects of it made us unsure whether we could support it.
We will continue to recognise the arguments that are made by local government as a whole. I am sure that Mary Scanlon understands that any redistribution of GAE in one direction will cause problems in another.
I was going to mention the fact that the manager at Mellerstain, a lovely lady called Mary Thomson, is not well just now and that means that the animals have had to be decanted elsewhere.
We should consider the bill in terms of its effect on the number of people who smoke. I do not know whether Mary Scanlon has something else in mind; does the bill cross over in ways that I am not quite capturing?
Roderick Duncan is accompanied by Colin Cook, who is the head of the substance misuse division, and Mary Cuthbert, who is the tobacco control division team leader.
That is one of the problems that we have had to deal with, although I am not using that as an excuse. Mary Scanlon referred to there being more than 3,000 blocked beds, which is a misrepresentation.