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Neither is it in the interests of Parliament for us to fail to do our job properly.We shall therefore put on record the fact that we are not satisfied that this is the best way to address legislation. We shall write to the Executive and, as part of our consideration of procedures, we can decide whether the system can be formalised.
Does the minister appreciate that, in my constituency of Banff and Buchan, one of our best white fish ports was laid up by the banks in the past few days and that one of our best fish processing factories is in administration?
Should they do it through huge council tax increases or by cutting services to the public and sacking workers? I thank Colin Fox for his best wishes and extend my best wishes to him and his party.
However, in Patrick Harvie's amendment 39, I do not understand the words:"in the way best calculated to".He should consider better wording unless he can explain the exact meaning of "best calculated to".The amendments in the names of Euan Robson and Malcolm Chisholm are wishy-washy.