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“Let me tackle directly some of the myths that are often repeated to me as an MSP—myths founded on concerns that migration alone is responsible for the pressures on our infrastructure and public services, which is simply not true.
We cannot always legislate for that; some of it involves behavioural change. MSPs from all parties will know that littering can be endemic within communities.
In short, the bill was in deep trouble last summer, including in the view of some SNP MSPs. Given those circumstances, Maree Todd was well told that there must be a major rethink.
If they cannot exercise power through the ballot box, they have to find alternatives, so we have no section 30 order, thank you very much, even if an overall majority of MSPs stand on and for an independence referendum.
The Committee further stated that “if such an agreement cannot be reached and the section 12 restrictions continue to apply…then the Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament does not consent to these clauses.iiAlexander Burnett MSP, Murdo Fraser MSP and Adam Tomkins MSP dissented from this recommendation in the Committee’s report on the 2017 Trade Bill LCM.
I am sure that Patricia Ferguson would not want to argue that any one of the excellent initiatives that have been supported by cashback for communities—I can go through them Labour MSP by Labour MSP and area by area, if they wish—has not been a vital and valuable project.