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I have been involved directly, as have a number of MSPs, some of whom are here. The unions—primarily the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers—have also been involved, as have the operators.
If we are to build consensus on the economy over the long term, forum membership should include MSPs from all sides of the chamber. I am not convinced that it would be helpful to have MSPs on the forum.
To ask the Scottish Government when the delegation of MPs and MSPs on the recent Scottish Enterprise trade mission to Iran will report to the Scottish Ministers and whether the report will be published.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 January 2015
Ministers intend to carry out numerous official visits across Scotland in the coming months. Local MSPs, including regional list members, are informed in advance of visits by ministers to their area.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it would seek to (a) establish a second chamber of the Parliament and (b) increase the number of MSPs in an independent Scotland. Scotland’s Future: your guide to an independent Scotland sets out the Scottish Government’s position on these issues at pages 572 and 619 respectively.
Throughout my tenure as a regional MSP and as a constituency MSP, my experience of asking bus companies to continue running what they view to be unprofitable routes has been fraught with failure—I am thinking about particular bus routes that are used by the elderly; a valid example is that of pensioners in Edinburgh ...