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He said that he had six distilleries in the area for which he is a list MSP. I represent, as the MSP and MP for Moray, the most concentrated centre of whisky production and distribution in Scotland.
On resuming— Our second panel is Robert Brown MSP, the Deputy Minister for Education and Young People, and his team of officials from the bill team, who are Brian Peddie, Ed Thomson and John St Clair.
I should say that the economic regeneration workshop was enhanced because we had Margaret Ewing MSP, the local representative, present during that session.
For the benefit of the public, the press and fellow MSPs who are not members of the committee I will set out clearly the focus of our evidence session today.
We need a bill and orders that deliver that.We accept all the points that MSPs have made. When we examine the detail, we will take the matter on board as a priority.
However, I repeat that homeless families are a priority-need category, and have been throughout my years as an MP and as an MSP. It is nothing new that families have those rights.
First, I am always fascinated when I am grilled on those issues by MSPs from parties that do not have the proposals in their manifestos and are not committed to funding them.
Some structural changes could be made—that is not for us to say—but customers need to have a strong voice in the process and, apart from through MSPs and ministers, they tend not to be heard.