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The walls of the churches shall be the fishing-rocks of the people, while the resting-place of the dead shall be a forest of tangles, among whose mazes the pale-faced mermaid, the marled seal, and the brown otter shall race and run and leap—Like the children of men at play.”
Natalie Don, in an excellent speech, talked about UK politicians who have failed, but I hope that members recognise that Gordon Brown brought in the most far-reaching measures when he was Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The next question is, that amendment S3M-5118.3, in the name of Robert Brown, which seeks to amend motion S3M-5118, in the name of Murdo Fraser, on minimum pricing of alcohol, be agreed to.
The Commission’s position on tendering can be seen clearly from decision C 16/2008 of 28 October 2009. In 2012, Keith Brown, the then minister for transport, wrote to Commissioner Almunia, the then competition commissioner.
I welcome to the public gallery Mike Browne, who is from the group regionally important geological and geomorphological sites in Scotland, and Seonaid Leishman and Margaret Greene, who are from the RIGS group in Strathclyde.
I saw Mr Stevenson's interview last night, and I must have been watching a different channel from the one that Mr Brown was watching. We are asking, legitimately, for the ability sensibly to plan over a longer period of time projects that have an extraordinary cost within the routine of public expenditure.
I would not criticise the record investment in active travel that I inherited from Mr Brown. I have sustained that record funding despite the financial pressures that we face.
Incidentally, that is compared to 14 per cent of the United Kingdom Cabinet when Gordon Brown left office as Prime Minister.I am pleased to support the appointments, which, as the First Minister said, are being made absolutely on merit.
On yesterday’s budget— I was hoping that you would get to that, Mr Brown. Which of the savings and pensions measures from yesterday’s budget does the First Minister not support?