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The Government recognises that, in this case, there is a difference between most MSPs and MSPs who are also in the Scottish Government or are junior ministers.
I have relayed information to and had regular contacts with local MSPs and MPs. After my first meeting, I wrote to them to explain the context of legal advice for the Scottish Government in relation to what we would do, particularly in a situation in which no other investment is available.
You have said encouraging things about schools, which I am sure you will share with MSPs more widely than in this committee, so that all of us can share and help promote those ideas to our constituents and, indeed, our schools.
We have to take into account the fact that we are not consumers—there is no such thing as a consumer. You might be an MSP who consumes, a father who consumes or a mother or father who buys things for their family.
I recently met hill farmers from Lochaber, as a guest of Donald Cameron MSP. They are really worried; they are already worried about the future of hill farming, but adding the possibility of losing export markets for up to a third of produce is very serious.