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You might be right to suggest that the matter be flagged up in our legacy paper, but any MSP who has sat on a committee has a general idea of how long it takes a bill—even at its quickest—to pass through the three stages.
I have to say that I do not particularly want to get dragged into the matter when a parent comes to see me, as their MSP, to say that they are anxious about what will happen because no one is picking up their case.
One of the issues that has been raised with me as a constituency MSP is parents' feeling that they are excluded from official consultation, not least because of the ways in which public meetings were organised and communicated.
The question that we face is whether we are reflecting the views of the public who want to use the legal aid system. We are perhaps doing that as MSPs, but are we bringing those views into the committee system?
Please note that, in that case, any other MSP may move the amendment. If no one moves the amendment, I shall immediately call the next amendment on the marshalled list.Following the debate on each group, I shall check formally whether the Lord Advocate wants to press to a decision or withdraw the lead amendment.
In addition, I welcome George Reid MSP who is here to speak to the petition at agenda item 3.Apologies have been intimated from Adam Ingram and Des McNulty.