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I would hope that, in partnership, the councils, the local enterprise companies, MSPs and MPs can move forward. At the end of the day, a modern economy needs modern infrastructure—that is the central objective of the Executive.
Committee members had previously been advised that the submissions were confidential until published as part of a report.Before the commissioner's investigation began, Mike Pringle MSP wrote to the convener of the Justice 1 Committee confirming that he had shown the submissions to a journalist.
However, we might want to consider lodging a take-note motion reasonably soon after the recess so that the issues can be aired and MSPs can understand some of the report's findings.
If members agree, I could write to Lewis Macdonald, asking that he agree to meet representatives of the pensioners and interested MSPs to discuss the correspondence that Dennis Canavan has made available.
I thought that it was significant that, when the unsubstantiated allegations were made, the information had been gleaned during the course of Alex Johnstone's work as an MSP, as the adviser's report states.
That means that we are making proper use of officials' time, the official report's time and MSPs' time. The bill is necessary to extend the moratorium.