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Crisis in Rural Scotland We move to the next item of business, which is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party debate on motion S1M-1726, in the name of Alex Johnstone, on the crisis in rural Scotland, and two amendments to that motion.
From the petition and other evidence, it seems that, although the BBC can show highlights and packages, the SFA can sell the rights to Scotland matches to the highest bidder.
Given that there is such an impact on our society in Scotland, we need to ensure that every penny that we invest in the promotion of mental health and the treatment of mental health problems delivers outputs in terms of recovery for people.
I agree that we do not need three hours for the Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill—indeed, I suggested previously that we should cut the length to one and a half hours.
Members will recall from consideration of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill that a number of important aspects of the ban on smoking in public places remained to be dealt with by regulation.
Perhaps we misjudged this one—perhaps we should have passed it directly to the committee that was considering the Planning etc (Scotland) Bill. We should also note that the issues that are raised in the petition were discussed fully during the passage of the bill.