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We meet only four to five times a year and crossrail would be only one of many subjects that we would hope to consider, collect information on and advise MSPs on the benefits of.
I am thinking not just of the supply of colostomy bags and appliances but of at-home fittings, maintenance and personal support by specialist stoma nurses, many of whom are funded by the industry.
If there was a gas or electricity problem, I would refer it to the relevant agency. Many older people—my dad is a perfect example of this—say, "I don't want to bother them", so I would take up the problem on their behalf.
In principle, each committee should always take the decision whether to go into private and defend it against the public record of how many times it has met in private; the decision should not be uniform throughout the Parliament.
We should move on. We heard goodness knows how many times that the Executive is not going to carry out an independent inquiry—the minister repeated it until she was blue in the face.