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We did not want to threaten jobs; we want to see jobs created. The constituency MSP, Brian Adam, lobbied strongly for the Arjowiggins plant—it was appropriate and quite right for him to do so—as did the company.
Secondly, as before, all ministers will have ministerial and MSP salaries frozen at the 1 April 2008 level, and law officers’ salaries are similarly frozen.
Although we all welcome the report and there is clearly a consensus on the need for practical change, the debate brought out some differences between MSPs, and in some cases differences between MSPs from the same party.
I trust that the minister will also take note of that call. 19:03 I thank Graham Simpson, who is a fellow Central Scotland MSP, for lodging the motion for debate.