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I do not think that we lost an awful lot and, where we lost anything, it was because it was not possible for us to find a way of getting round the digital table with communities or community councils in the greater Highland area. I am a Highlands and Islands MSP and we are talking about five of the local authorities in that region.
Minister for Parliamentary Business For agenda item 2, we have before us the Minister for Parliamentary Business, George Adam MSP, to give evidence on the work of the Scottish Government as it relates to the committee.
I have offered meetings to Opposition spokespeople, but if any MSP would like to meet to discuss the issue, I am more than happy to do so over the recess period.
Members of the group were outside Parliament this morning trying to lobby MSPs on their way in. A public meeting held on 24 February and attended by the constituency and regional MSPs attracted more than 200 local residents.There did appear to be strong support for the campaign from local SNP politicians.
I will be happy to set out the full detail of that and will ensure that, in the first piece of information that Mr FitzPatrick circulates to MSPs, we set out in more detail and with greater expertise than I have offered exactly how that whole process has worked.
Rhoda Grant has made an important point, which was also raised at the meeting that I held with MSPs, MPs and council leaders from the relevant council areas.
In 2018, the then Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson MSP, commissioned an independent review group to investigate and report on the impact on mining communities of the policing of the strike.