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To an extent, a similar issue is that of the boundaries between the roles of the councillor, the MSP and the list MSP, all of whom could deal with the same matter.
To argue that the link would be lost is to argue, in effect, that the constituency MSP—cuddly Ken Macintosh—cannot represent a constituency four times the size of a ward under STV.
Amendment 224 would prevent a JP or stipendiary magistrate from exercising the signing functions of office if they were an MSP, an MP or a member of the House of Lords.
It is interesting to note that we have heard not a single word in the debate about the disabled. As MSPs, we featherbed ourselves. If an MSP is, or becomes, disabled, support is provided for as long as that MSP is a member of the Parliament.