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Throughout the debate, we have heard statistics, particularly from Lothians MSPs on the tremendous employment that comes from financial services in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
We welcome the determination to include all relevant parties in the development of river basin and sub-basin plans, and I and other MSPs look forward to receiving at the end of next month the report of the ad hoc ministerial group on flooding.
This debate has been an excellent chance for the Executive to bring MSPs up to date with our wide-ranging proposals, but it has also been a valuable and informative opportunity to listen to the concerns and suggestions of MSPs from all parties.
The homelessness monitoring group notes that the issue of the allocation of social housing to homeless people came up consistently during the consultation on the ministerial statement. The issue was raised by MSPs, local authorities and the general public.
They suggest that no additional resources or support should be made available to Scottish Enterprise. However, those same MSPs are often quick to criticise if there is any threat to projects in their area or to national projects such as the modern apprenticeship scheme—on which Murdo Fraser just challenged me—or the business gateway.