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When I talked about training within the Parliament, I said that it must apply to MSPs as well as to staff. Equally, we need to bring elected members up to speed on equalities issues, just as we need to bring staff up to speed.
As you said, some of the targets are in our programme for government and I am sure that MSPs will expect us to keep our minds on those ones in particular while thinking of new ones.
It saw free personal care as a means of helping only the wealthy. Most of the Labour MSPs had not the slightest idea that, to unlock and untangle the current system, the adoption of free personal care was vital.
We are giving flexibility to police forces and fire boards, but their elected members, MSPs and ministers must know exactly how the money is being managed.
Concern came initially from press speculation about the concerns of prospective MSPs about the shape of the chamber. The design team was asked to examine ways in which the chamber could be adjusted to meet some of those concerns.
On reflection, however, I felt that simply laying the report before Parliament did not really give MSPs, whether in plenary or committee meetings, any part in the process.