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I do not want the committee to become a back door method by which MSPs get items on to committee agendas. There are all sorts of ways that MSPs can raise issues legitimately.
I am not prepared to sit back and watch that community get demolished. If the right to buy is extended, people will buy their houses—they would be stupid not to, as they will get knockdown prices.
The petitioner has welcomed the Scottish health council's"clear determination to ensure a transparent process and their plan to work pro-actively with the health Boards to ensure this."
We need more volunteers to take part in such activity—indeed, at this point, I should also mention the work of local red squirrel groups throughout Scotland—to ensure that we maintain a focus on local species and habitats and develop local knowledge.
I acknowledge the member's constituency interest and reassure her that we are actively engaged with the MOD in relation to the implications, if any, of the market-testing exercise that is currently under way at Almondbank.Perhaps Roseanna Cunningham is being a little premature and unusually pessimistic.
However, I have no doubt that more Scots living longer, healthier and more active lives is good for our economy; more important, it is good for individuals, for families, for communities and for our society.