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It has been an enjoyable four years. I wish all the best to those members of the committee who are retiring or moving on to new challenges and I hope that our paths will cross in the future.
If the member had attended Tuesday's meeting of the Finance Committee, he would have been able to participate for the best part of an hour in a detailed discussion of such issues, including the one that he raises.
Many of the issues that affect the south-west of Scotland in particular would be best viewed within a United Kingdom context, which involves several legislative and executive capacities, rather than in an exclusively Scottish context.