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However, what I and the rest of the people of Scotland are opposed to—which the Parliament would have opposed as well, if members had been aware of it at the time—is MSPs privately profiting from the use of an allowance scheme from public funds.
A number of organisations have expressed support for an amendment to section 2, including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, the Educational Institute of Scotland and other teaching unions, Children in Scotland, and—strangely enough—the World Wide Fund for Nature an...
Travel outwith Scotland by members in an individual capacity is funded through either the Members' Support Allowance or the Members' Travel Allowance, depending on the destination.
It is certainly not based on speaking to fishermen, because it did not approach us.Other groups answering the consultation include Scottish Environment LINK, an umbrella group for 36 environmental groups in Scotland, which is funded by SNH and the Scottish Executive.