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I remind members that the officials cannot contribute to any formal debate and that after the minister has moved the motion only MSPs can participate in the debate. The debate must last no longer than 90 minutes.
I cannot remember anything definitive coming out, to be honest. Having seen the list MSPs and the situation in Europe, the council representatives seemed to be saying that it was not a good idea.
Amendment 224 would prevent a JP or stipendiary magistrate from exercising the signing functions of office if they were an MSP, an MP or a member of the House of Lords.
It is interesting to note that we have heard not a single word in the debate about the disabled. As MSPs, we featherbed ourselves. If an MSP is, or becomes, disabled, support is provided for as long as that MSP is a member of the Parliament.
I was taken by Duncan McNeil's speech and pleased that he is delighted by the partnership agreement, as are other Labour MSPs. I can assure him that Liberal Democrat MSPs are equally delighted with it.
Today's debate, initiated by the Tory group of MSPs, is surely one of the most blatantly opportunistic attempts at populism that we have seen in this Parliament—and that is saying something.
I particularly enjoyed the advice that he got from Carolyn Leckie, who gave him and Labour MSPs a bit of a lecture about unity and speaking with one voice.
Under the service tax proposal, he would have been taxed on his income as an MSP at a rate of £3,900 a year. There is not a council tax bill in the whole of Scotland that currently reaches £3,900 a year.