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Our involvement in the years up to the publication of the bill was extensive and we held events ranging from a seminar series co-hosted with the Scottish Executive to a seminar for interested MSPs. There are also continuing briefings on key topics.
People are living longer and living more active lives. A number of MSPs are over 65—I am one. In fact, I am over 70, and Winnie Ewing is older than that.Has any thought been given to enabling some of the more elderly members of the community to become members of bodies such as the one that we are discussing?
That issue exercised a number of committee members and other MSPs when we debated the bill at stage 1.Although amendment 189, in the name of Ross Finnie, goes some way to improving the situation, it does not address the point that was raised in the committee's stage 1 report on the bill, which states:"there are many places where access to open land can only...
Remember that many of those solely domestic passenger journeys will be on the Scottish part of a cross-border service. For example, my MSP colleagues travel back to Aberdeen on the GNER train from London.The sensible option is to retain the railway network as an integrated whole.
Those arguments have been put by Des McNulty, Hugh Henry and Trish Godman as local MSPs. West Dunbartonshire Council and Renfrewshire Council also held those views.
However, we must present the figures in such a way that not just MSPs, but interested people outside, can scrutinise them.The McCrone money for improved pay and conditions for teachers, for example, should figure in the budget.
We hope that the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Bill and what follows it will encourage ministers and other MSPs to promote social work and social care as an important area of work that contributes significantly to the lives of vulnerable people.
This debate gives me a chance to put the case for shinty—a case that was put so eloquently last year by Duncan Cameron, president of the Camanachd Association, in front of a large and well-oiled audience of MSPs from all parties. Duncan's case that evening was that shinty contributes to every part of the agenda that is espoused by Jackie Baillie and Allan W...
If we leave aside the analogy of all MSPs having to win 50 per cent of the vote in their constituencies—which would leave this room quite empty—examples of such a requirement include the bogus barrier that was put up at the 1979 devolution referendum and the trade union requirement that 40 per cent of those who are eligible to vote should support a proposal...