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In places such as Edinburgh and Perth and Kinross in particular, a number of pupils are unlikely to go to a school in the same local authority area in which they live. For example, a number of pupils in independent schools in Perth and Kinross do not necessarily live there.
Every child and every other person living on every street in Scotland deserves their freedom and their right to play, walk and cycle and to live without fear.
I am clear that the Scottish Government has the leadership role, but there must be a cross-societal effort if we are to succeed. People do not live their lives in different compartments.
Duncan McNeil just mentioned the living wage. The Government needs to look at how much money it is taking from people on the minimum wage and the living wage before it starts telling business to pay higher wages.
It will be very encouraging if, over the Christmas holidays, when the TV is likely to be bad, there is a huge jump in the number of people visiting the public appointments website looking for something to do.