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It is difficult: when a constituency MSP sits down with the local health board and local authority representatives, they find that the board and the authority tend to blame each other for the people who fall through the net.
That was very respectful, I am sure.Does the minister accept that my proposal to allow MSPs to propose amendments to Westminster legislation—whether collectively through a majority vote of the Parliament or through committees—would enable scrutiny and would undermine some of the arguments in principle against Sewel motions?
I, too, declare an interest as a member of the Co-operative group of MSPs. I am also proud to be a direct descendent of James Standring, one of the Rochdale pioneers who were the founders of the co-operative movement.
If Parliament, which has so many women MSPs, does nothing to address issues around low pay and part-time working, we should look ourselves in the eye and ask why we are here.
I particularly congratulate my colleague and comrade Marilyn Livingstone on securing the debate—I have to do that because she is the lead Labour MSP on the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee.
After those families found out that the service was to be withdrawn, there was much uncertainty about what would come next and not enough information about what was planned.I am not the only MSP who has received letters and so on that have raised issues.
Your invitation has caused me to reflect on the information that has been made available to MSPs to date. It was clear from the reports of earlier meetings that some have felt frustrated at not getting information about Kilmarnock and the company.
In the area that I represent, and speaking as a constituency MSP, there are concerns that certain environmental bodies would object to many developments that local people would consider to be in keeping with all four aims in the bill.
I shall keep committee members informed of the process and it might be helpful to involve other MSPs in that scrutiny.I believe strongly in the power of local democracy and the importance of local councils, not just as deliverers of services, but as planners of those services.