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Now that you have heard that, you are all safe.I thank South Lanarkshire Council for providing wonderful facilities. This is luxury for MSPs, and we are thinking of meeting here more often.
The comments that I made earlier would apply to that situation. I accept that MSPs have the right at the moment to attempt to annul or block an instrument.
The proposal to introduce the bill was supported by 75 MSPs from all parties and none, which at that stage was a record level of support for any proposed member's bill.
None of us ever knows when cancer will strike us, our families or our nearest and dearest. One privilege of being an MSP is the opportunity we are offered to share in people's lives.
The standard of debate has been quite good and I hope that the young people who are present have enjoyed some of the insights about MSPs and realise that we are not just numpties.
Nicol Stephen and Frank McAveety have a record as ministers, as well as experience before becoming MSPs, which they can use to be successful in their new posts.