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As a result of work on a different committee, Mary Fee and I visited Travelling people’s sites, which, as you would realise from visiting them, fall under the criteria that are covered in the bill.
Is capitalisation potentially part of the solution to the financial problems facing some local authorities?I share Mary Mulligan's deep concern that there is no end in sight to all of this, whether through the Bainbridge judgment, private litigation or another route.
It might be premature to pre-empt the outcome, but I am sure that Mary Scanlon and many others will consider the specific issue and any recommendations that emerge.
I urge the Scottish Government not just to offer warm words but to take the necessary action. I agree with Mary Mulligan on one thing—that it has been a good and informative debate.