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Does he also agree that the material circulated to MSPs by the Souter campaign—it was health promotion material designed to prevent the spread of HIV in adult homosexuals—would, if shown to children, constitute as much of an abuse of the child as showing that young child explicit heterosexual material?
In December, I was pleased to announce free travel for blind people throughout Scotland on rail, bus, ferry and underground services, which is the first and only such scheme anywhere in Britain. MSPs of all parties know that funding is tight.
I ask the minister to use this opportunity to draw a line under the issue by undertaking a review and by doing so to restore the confidence of residents of Angus Road in Bo'ness. As the constituency MSP for Falkirk East, I was somewhat surprised when I heard that this debate was to take place.
I am confident that they will join us in this national effort to protect our children against the threat of meningitis C. I am sure that MSPs will join me today in expressing gratitude to them at the beginning of this important national initiative.
The third party could also go to an MSP or directly to the minister, because Scottish ministers can also call for an environmental assessment, if they think it necessary.
This model was chosen because we felt that it reflected the opportunities provided by the establishment of the Parliament to introduce an effective system that would be accountable to MSPs. It was important to separate off the issue of economic regulation, which we felt was not appropriate for the rural affairs department to operate.
Evidence taken by the Committee has been set out under the following themes—
Sunsetting retained EU law;
Impact of the Bill on the regulatory environment;
Sewel Convention;
Delegated powers; and
Interpretative provisions
The Committee wishes to thank all those who gave evidence and provided written submissions.
Donald Cameron MSP and Maurice Golden MSP dissented from the conclusions in this report (with the exception of those paragraphs relating to the conclusions in earlier reports agreed by this Committee, or where the text in bold is simply noting the facts or evidence that the Committee has heard during this inquiry).
The so-called Highlands and Islands MSP Rob Gibson refused to support Western Isles fishermen and their families, and Fergus Ewing turned up to support him.