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I hope that what we take from today’s debate is the fact that we are thinking about the future of our young people such as my son and future generations, and about what Scotland could be in the future.
Everybody wants to get in on it, and there are quite a few ex-teachers around the table.I have always thought that the subject is hugely sensitive because, as you said earlier, lots of young people have not decided on their identity yet.
They fear for the economic chances of their sons and daughters and they fear the paths that those sons and daughters might go down if a job, an income and a house are not available to them.
Mental health must be a national priority. As the son of a retired psychiatric nurse, I am keenly aware of the incredible work that mental health clinicians and staff perform.
Our business plan came directly out of the work that was done by industry in the lead-up to that, so it is very much the son or daughter of the collaborative proposal that was put together by industry and Government.
It is not a new issue. I remember that, when my sons were at school, I used to see the same group of parents all the time, and there were other parents who never attended the school.
It will often be a family carer such as a spouse or sometimes a son or daughter, who, if something happens in the night-time, will think, “Well, who else am I going to phone about an incident such as this?”
I agree with your last point strongly, not least because I was at Moray College in Richard Lochhead’s constituency last night because my son was graduating—if that is the right term—from there.