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I apologise to Margaret Smith, because I was treating her attendance as a visit by a constituency MSP. In fact, she is one of those new people called committee substitutes and she is sitting in for Donald Gorrie.
As a librarian, I enjoy story time; as an MSP, I expect to see a legislative timetable in front of me.In "The Nature of Scotland", the Executive makes 41 commitments.
We were told by the Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and Gaelic at the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee that she is responsible, so it is not uncharitable of MSPs to call her to account. That does not belittle us.
I thank the clerks, who have put a lot of work into the process, the MSPs who have taken the time to get involved, the members of this committee and the Gypsy/Travellers who have given their time.
I have taken up enough time. As a Labour MSP for Glasgow, which, health statistics show, is suffering, I welcome the debate as an opportunity to speak on the important issue of the modernisation of the national health service.