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It was a key recommendation arising from the enterprise and skills review. I pay tribute to Keith Brown for his work thereanent and for shaping the bill content and establishing the partnership.
We will take all of those things into account when we craft the recommendations, so that we can make sure that they are realistic. I will bring in Keith Brown at this point. I have only a couple of questions.
Although that is welcome, the Government believes that compensation should go further and supports Alan Brown’s bill, which has called on the UK Government to publish a compensation framework for WASPI women set at £3,000 to £10,000 or more.
I do not want to labour the point about brown bins, but I remember that, when I worked for a council, a proposal was made to do away with the brown bin service because it was a non-statutory service, and elected members were not happy about that proposal.
Sadly, earlier in the debate, we saw more deflection from the latest cabinet secretary, who, according to Keith Brown, is one of the strongest members of the SNP.
Although I am not clear—being almost equally as new as Mr Brown—whether SACDA could be disbanded, my instinct is to ask why we should cause additional fuss if we do not need to.