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We must consider that there are list MSPs, constituency MSPs, those with families, those without families, those within 20 minutes of Parliament and those who are three, four or five hours away, or even further away.
However, does he agree that it is inappropriate for MSPs such as Murdo Fraser to try to drive every single wind farm application, good or bad, to a public inquiry?
This is the third meeting at which we will take oral evidence on the general principles of the bill. Michael Matheson MSP has submitted his apologies. I remind members and others who are attending the meeting to ensure that mobile phones and pagers have been switched off.
When I consider the number of constituents who have notified me—and, I am sure, other MSPs—of their concerns about the matter in the past week or so, I am disappointed by what I have heard in the chamber today.