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When it comes to the budget discussions in February, I invite MSPs such as Christina McKelvie, who spend much of their time criticising the local council, to introduce a proposal to fund local government properly.
As many of my colleagues will be aware, the Scottish Youth Parliament had a stand in the garden lobby last week to bring MSPs up to date with its work. I went along—as one does—to have a chat and to have the obligatory photograph taken.
Gavin Brown has perhaps read the same Bill Jamieson article that I read about LBTT, in which Bill Jamieson said: “few acronyms are more calculated to empty a room these days than L&BTT ... MSPs can be excused utter bafflement as to how much L&BTT will actually raise.”
It was simply wrong to attempt the scrapping of the centuries-old tenet of corroboration without telling MSPs, never mind the public at large, what would replace it.
Could you begin to conclude, please? MSPs across the chamber can come together in opposing damaging welfare reforms, but we need to put our principles into practice.
In part, that reflects the commitment to the issue that has been shown by successive Administrations and by MSPs from across the political spectrum, as well as the work that is being done directly by those who are involved in the sector.