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People in poor sections of our society now pay for services that they previously received for free, while MSPs, doctors, lawyers and millionaire bankers benefit from the council tax freeze.
I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their request-to-speak buttons as soon as possible, please. I also invite MSPs and members of the public who are leaving the chamber to do so quickly and quietly, please.
Those 18,990 people plus this French MSP for North East Scotland will be able to vote on 5 May, just as we have been allowed to vote in Scottish and local elections for years, as well as the constitutional referendums in 1997 and 2014.
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.
You will see that very much smaller numbers of complaints are received from officers of a local authority and MSPs and that, in a few cases, they are submitted anonymously.
The group is probably part of a circular process and is designed to be referred to when difficult MSPs or others in the voluntary sector raise the question of consistency of charging, or of charging at all.