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I will accept one in a moment.Calls for public inquiries have come not only from Opposition MSPs but from the public. We cannot continue ignoring those calls.
Some of them, such as Gordon Jackson, have appeared in high-profile cases. Almost all the MSPs who are members of the legal profession have had long experience of it.
The myth that Scotland would not be allowed into the EU was killed long ago. After all, it would be a brave MSP who tackled the expertise of Lord MacKenzie-Stuart or Willem Noë, who said that if a state divides, the treaties apply to both bits.
An independent Scotland would be prosperous, but under the union we are diminishing.The two MSPs who are sitting behind Tavish Scott—Ian Jenkins and Euan Robson—represent, as constituency MSPs, the Scottish Borders, which is the poorest region in Scotland.
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2 Welcome to this meeting of the Social Justice Committee to consider the Housing (Scotland) Bill at stage 2. We have with us several MSPs who are not members of the committee.
Unlike Karen Whitefield, I cannot say that the Transport (Scotland) Bill will introduce a revolution in transport in Scotland. I remind MSPs and members of the public that this bill is called the Transport (Scotland) Bill—it is not a bill for local bus services.
I also hope that he will confirm his support for committees, or parts of them, and individual MSPs meeting on matters of mutual interest with colleagues from Belfast, Cardiff, Dublin, London and the smaller islands.