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I remember being at a meeting of a previous justice committee at which Margaret Smith highlighted the case of a constituent who did not live in a council house and so had to pay for the blood of her son to be cleaned up because there was no provision for that.
Can you reassure me that every effort will be made to allow them to carry on their secure tenancies? I know of two families where the sons have come back to farm because of what they thought was the situation.
Another constituent who came to see me just the other day needs a two-bedroom property but is seriously considering whether he should get one or not. His son, who sometimes stays with him, will be deemed not to be entitled to that bedroom and housing benefit will therefore not cover it.
We could use the fund to help a widow with the further education of a son or a daughter whom they felt should not go straight out to work with no real view.
Suppose that I am a notorious criminal and my son and heir decides to write a book about my crimes and take the profits—which might be an interesting way of overcoming inheritance tax issues.
In mid-Scotland and Fife, there were sons of Perthshire such as Auchterarder's Corporal James Whittet of the Royal Air Force, and Coupar Angus's Private Thomas Young.
There are too many distractions and outlets nowadays. We all have families. I have a son and a daughter. If the proper facilities do not exist, they will play PlayStation games.
Recently, the chamber was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the death of Mark Canavan, the son of former Falkirk West MSP Dennis Canavan, at the age of only 41.