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To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the signs of economic recovery in Scotland highlighted in the latest Bank of Scotland purchasing managers’ index report.
There were a number of requests to have meetings with Glasgow officials, but summer holidays and so on intervened and there were a number of phone calls in which the information that we were looking for was explained.
My question arises from the heartbreaking circumstances that a constituent brought to my attention in which her sister's baby was stillborn 12 days past the due date in November as a result of amniotic fluid deficiency.
That is why I was delighted to meet representatives of the Opportunity International Bank of Malawi, whose microfinance initiatives and projects we have funded before.
It was particularly good that the committee brought together representatives of the banking sector and credit unions to talk about some of the difficulties that people might experience in managing income and household bills.
For many years he cared for his mother, who had dementia, and witnessed her writing her name and date of birth on her arm to hide the fact that she was suffering from the condition.
No one is suggesting for a moment that there are not genuine cases of holiday sickness—there are—but it is important that we deal with those cases as quickly as we can.