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As convener of the Co-operative Party group of MSPs, I am delighted to have secured the debate.Education is one of the founding principles of the modern co-operative movement, which has a proud record, with thousands of members and employees benefiting from the many and varied educational programmes open to them.
I am pleased that the amendments have been produced in response to the committee's concerns, as well as mine and those of other MSPs. However, I would like to clarify a number of aspects.Subsection (1) of the new section that is proposed in amendment 68 uses the term "may".
That is good news.Finally, I thank all the MSPs, including Ken Macintosh, Dennis Canavan, Brian Adam, David Davidson, Margaret Smith and John Young, who came along to the meetings that we had with SHOC throughout the passage of the bill.
Sam Mitchell should be here, along with Ian Smart, John Freebairn, Tom Reilly and Lorence Sheach. Cathie Craigie, the local MSP, and Andrew Wilson MSP are also here.
As I mentioned to my ministerial colleagues, I have managed to clear many a hall before now.Despite the large number of MSPs now leaving the chamber, I am delighted with the calibre of those who are left.
We have had a series of responses to the petition: from the Scottish Executive; from Sylvia Jackson MSP; from the British Equine Veterinary Association; and from the Clydesdale Horse Society.
However, one of my concerns, which I tried to raise in a motion but did not get support for from any MSP, is the issue of it being rare to reach a human being at the end of the telephone line when calling any of the public utility companies.These days people have to go through various platforms: press asterisk; press 1; press 2.