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He seemed to agree with the convener’s argument that they would almost defeat the point of devolving the taxes. Do you believe it is still a live issue? I hope that it is not a live issue.
A lot of discussion with young people and their parents can start in schools, and it has to be grounded on their lived experience and not set as an agenda by the local authority or central Government—it has be about what their lives are now.
It is a brilliant idea, and Catherine developed that idea into a product that has helped to transform the lives of many people who have had injuries or have disabilities.
To illustrate that, I will tell a short story about my grandparents, who worked in a cotton mill in Ferguslie Park in Paisley all their lives, which was not unusual for people from Paisley.
The issue is not just the construction industry’s importance to the economy but the fact that it is the people who live in poor housing and deprived areas who find it most difficult to secure employment.
As a transplanted American in Scotland, one of the things that I love about living here is that there seems to be a sense of obligation to be fair that I have not experienced living in other countries.