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We have to recognise that there will still, regrettably, be people who are guilty of antisocial behaviour and who, to be frank, make their neighbours’ lives hell. In the end, we should not allow that to take place.
In areas such as the Western Isles, Gaelic is coming back to life and remains a living language in the community. My constituency is home to the highest number of speakers per head anywhere.
We must recognise the benefits that Al brings at the same time as we remain live to the risks and the difficulties it could also create. 17:18 I thank Kenny Gibson for bringing this debate to Parliament.
The majority of members of the public now know that almost every person carries a camera in their pocket in the shape of their mobile phone. We now live in a digital culture, so people did not have any concerns.
We need to determine that there are no other impacts on live transport of animals to Northern Ireland or Ireland or, indeed, on the operation at Cairnryan more widely.
The uprating of the so-called national living wage—the upper band of the minimum wage—will not get anywhere close to the real living wage, nor will it protect younger workers, who at the moment are the most exploited in our economy.
All those things can create problems, especially when we are dealing with a time-sensitive or live product. We should always have a contingency—a plan B—because Scotland depends so much on live and fresh seafood getting to market on day 1, for delivery on day 2 or day 3.
I know that not only because I am constituency MSP, but because in earlier times I lived in Minnigaff, in rural Galloway, which is 60 miles from either Ayr or Dumfries hospital.