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I remind members that Executive officials may not contribute to any formal debate after the minister has moved the motion. Only MSPs may take part in the debate, which should not last longer than 90 minutes.I invite the minister to make some introductory remarks.
I remind members that the officials cannot contribute to any formal debate and that after the minister has moved the motion only MSPs can participate in the debate. The debate must last no longer than 90 minutes.
I cannot remember anything definitive coming out, to be honest. Having seen the list MSPs and the situation in Europe, the council representatives seemed to be saying that it was not a good idea.
Today's debate, initiated by the Tory group of MSPs, is surely one of the most blatantly opportunistic attempts at populism that we have seen in this Parliament—and that is saying something.
I particularly enjoyed the advice that he got from Carolyn Leckie, who gave him and Labour MSPs a bit of a lecture about unity and speaking with one voice.
Under the service tax proposal, he would have been taxed on his income as an MSP at a rate of £3,900 a year. There is not a council tax bill in the whole of Scotland that currently reaches £3,900 a year.
I would couple that with the development of co-operatives and mutuals. I declare an interest as an MSP who is sponsored by the Scottish Co-operative Party.Instead of being at the bottom of the league tables, the UK is now close to the European average for child poverty.