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If national pay is okay for councillors, teachers and MSPs, it is okay for nursery nurses.What is hard about agreeing that nursery nurses have a just claim?
In the six months or so that I have been a member, I have seen that most MSPs are hard working and well informed, but we are not the experts in delivering services—the people who do the work are the experts.
Is it getting in the way or not? Perhaps I can do an MSP trick and respond to your question by giving the answer that I want to give even if it has nothing to do with the question.
I would like to explain to the witnesses that it is not my intention to put all the questions to each MSP who has lodged the amendments to which they have referred.
That is a good message to get across to the public, as, collectively, MSPs receive bad publicity about this issue.We have had an interesting discussion.
That confirmation will be in the next statement that Mr McLeish makes to MSPs, as will all the other positive assurances that we have received in answer to questions raised in debate.