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Today's debate is helpful for back-bench MSPs, who can raise constituents' concerns about the impact on them of decisions that are made by the Parliament.
It is perhaps for my convener to answer that, but the intention was that contact would be made with MSPs and ministers. In a sense, it was slightly out of my hands at that point.
I remember that it was the male MSPs who applauded that fact whereas a good number of the female MSPs got to their feet and said that mothers deserved a bit more of a rest than that.
Members may recall that, at the beginning of the year, Richard Simpson and some other MSPs—perhaps including members of the committee—went up to Aberdeen.