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On 7 September the final report was published and copies were circulated to all MSPs, so I hope that members will have had the opportunity to consider it.
The terms of section 3(3)(a) allow an authorisation for the purposes of preventing disorder. If an elected MSP were perceived to be a threat to order, I presume that there would be nothing to prevent a surveillance authorisation being granted.
The Parliament should be wary of the notion of parents' participation as that of the professional parent: self-evidently, there are as many different parents' views as there are citizens' views. After all, even directors and MSPs have children and do not necessarily agree on every matter.The association also believes that the School Boards (Scotland) Act 19...
I speak not only as a member of the committee but as a constituency MSP for West Aberdeenshire, where the Cairngorms national park will have a major impact.
Yes, we were a bit alarmed last Thursday morning when some back-bench MSPs seemed to think that this committee could take on the role of a human rights commission as well as the rest of its work.
However, as far as I am concerned, any mechanics of briefing are perfectly in order, as long as the briefing does not precede any courtesy to other MSPs. We will now move on to the statement.
Not only a paper should be produced; an informal briefing aimed at this committee should be held which would be open to MSPs who have a particular interest in the subject but who are not on this committee.