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If we start off by asking how we create the best system to incentivise MSPs and others to work most efficiently, it is theoretically sensible to have a basket of tools.
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have been held with (a) MSPs and (b) local people concerning the Forth Replacement Crossing, showing the dates, locations and who was invited.
I know that any future cabinet secretary for rural affairs will keep things under review, just as I am sure that a number of MSPs will continue to press for further change.
We would need to understand the implications before we took a view either way on whether we should proceed down that route. Dave Thompson MSP—rather than the Dave Thomson who is sitting on my right—has struck on the important issue of whether the Crown Estate should take its direction from Westminster or Holyrood.
As opposed to Mr Brodie, I point out that, as a North East Scotland MSP, I am delighted to see Dundee, Peterhead and Aberdeen all there in the proposed national developments.
I think that we should have regard to the unanimous view expressed to MSPs in the submission from all the carers umbrella groups in Scotland, which said:“The proposed Bill will give local authorities the power to charge carers for the services they are assessed as needing.
I am concerned that, with the removal of locally elected members from their police oversight role, responsibility must fall more on the shoulders of MSPs to play an active role in monitoring the function of Scotland’s police.