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In fact, the petitioners have done far more than that: they have discussed the matter with a range of MSPs from all parties, and I have not come across one MSP who does not support their position.
This is John Swinney, convener of the European and External Relations Committee of the Scottish Parliament. I am joined by Dennis Canavan MSP, Phil Gallie MSP, John Home Robertson MSP, Margaret Ewing MSP and Alasdair Morrison MSP.
The Scottish Parliament personnel department has indicated that, as the MSP is the employer, the personnel department has no official interest in whom the MSP employs or how the member appoints their staff.