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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.
I am sure that she will know that a range of training is available to MSP staff. For example, MSP staff can access a range of e-learning packages and can attend courses provided by the SPCB.
I call on the incoming UK Government, whoever is in it, to take a respectful approach to Scotland’s MSPs and to work with us to best serve the people of Scotland.
Aberdeen was promised at least 85 per cent of the national average and we have not got it. SNP ministers and their MSP supporters boasted about that funding floor; Maureen Watt even put it on her website.