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I had a problem on Monday: I wanted to come to the briefing in Glasgow but had a long-arranged familiarisation visit with St Andrews university for the regional MSPs in my region, which had been postponed once already because it clashed with committee meetings.
I am pleased to assure Jamie McGrigor and George Lyon—who has raised the matter as the constituency MSP—that we are considering seriously the problems that Jamie McGrigor identified in Inveraray and other places on the west coast so that we can secure technical solutions.
She also asked about second-stage transfers elsewhere, but we follow a tenant-led process in that regard. As an Edinburgh MSP, I am not aware of demands from tenants in Edinburgh for second-stage transfers.
After all, I recall the day of the stage 3 debate on the Licensing (Scotland) Bill when, after the chaos in the chamber, many MSPs trooped out having spoken and heard words of Puritanism to enjoy the trays of free booze that awaited us.
Four years ago, we pledged to build safer and stronger communities—building on the experience that we had all shared as MSPs in the first session of Parliament—and to put tackling antisocial behaviour at the top of our agenda.
Workers are suffering as a consequence of their intransigence. It is ironic that the two MSP boast about their support for trade unions and workers in struggle when they are riding roughshod over the pay and conditions of trade union members."