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I am very proud that my party has more female than male MSPs. We also have a more generally diverse and potentially more progressive Parliament than before.
I had been in this building only twice before becoming an MSP, and the only MSP I knew was my pal Elaine Smith, but I made a pledge to have a go, and others can decide whether I succeeded.
The issue came up in a previous debate on the bill, and a number of MSPs—especially women MSPs—said that they strongly wanted to be able to discuss it.
In 20 years, there has not been a single black member of the Scottish Parliament, to our shame; there has not been a single woman MSP of colour, to our shame; and the only four ethnic minority MSPs have all been Scots Asian males.
I have said several times in the chamber that MSPs, like the people whom we all have the privilege of representing, share a unified hope for a better Scotland.
When I visited Georgia twice in 2006 as an Opposition MSP, I met the Government there and actually got it to change the law in relation to language, which I was very pleased about, indeed.
That has not been the case in every one of these debates.As a Glasgow MSP, I thank the convener and many other members for highlighting Glasgow’s circumstances.