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The concerns that lie behind the amendments relate to issues of access and facilities for voters with disabilities that Capability Scotland has discussed with committee members and the Executive.
It is the area that impacts most on people outside the Parliament and in which we can best engage with civic Scotland. I agree with virtually everything that Irene McGugan has said.
The good practice to which I referred should be the future, but some of it has not percolated through to senior directorates of education throughout Scotland. There is still some negative thinking.
Petitions We move to consideration of petitions, which is item 3 on the agenda.PE63, from the National Farmers Union of Scotland, asks for increased resources for agri-environment schemes.
The amendment relates to the way in which the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 works at present. Under that act, welfare guardianships last for six months, then they are renewable for a year at a time.