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We should remember that the countryside is a living and working countryside, where fences and agricultural activities are designed by farmers and landowners who are trying to earn a living.
If that is the darkest cloud that ever hangs over democracy in Scotland, we really are living in a big rock candy Scotland, "At the lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings"and where democracy will live for evermore.
We know that only those who are poor live in fuel poverty. People who are old, young or who have a long-term illness are more likely to live in a cold, damp home.
There is an argument that, because the signal from an antenna that is on top of a high-rise block of flats goes out the way, people living in the flats below are relatively unaffected.
Employment is one of the key areas that we can tackle to give some people hope for the future and to stabilise their lives. I call Kenny MacAskill. That will test my ability to sit quietly.
I have written to the committee with more detail of our intentions in that regard.The bill will make a real and long-term difference to the lives of children who cannot live with their birth parents.