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I ask that question as an Edinburgh MSP, because the private rented sector in Edinburgh and its relationship with the bedroom tax, for example, has caused difficulty for constituents of mine.
The briefing notes that, in the previous session, Sandra White MSP introduced a member’s bill that aimed to implement the action that the petition calls for.
In fact, it was one of the things that we highlighted in the technical briefing that we produced for MSPs following the announcement of the change in the date.
We have apologies today from Maurice Golden, and we have been joined by Peter Chapman MSP. Agenda item 1 is a decision on whether to take business in private.
Our witnesses today are Joe FitzPatrick MSP, the Minister for Parliamentary Business; Colin Brown, the senior principal legal officer in the directorate for legal service; and Roddy Angus, the policy adviser for the directorate for strategy and constitution.