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One thing that strikes me about Parliament is how quickly transcribed debates are online—it is incredibly efficient. I am not saying that the courts could do that easily or without cost, but we have not had an explanation as to why it cannot be done properly.
That being the case, I do not understand why publishing the plans and making them accessible in an online format would be commercially inappropriate compared with publishing them and making them accessible in other ways.
I am delighted to welcome some of those grass-roots campaigners, who join us in the gallery and online for the debate. Like many colleagues, I regularly get to meet inspiring fair trade campaigners at events across my region.
In fact, I think that it has undermined trust even more. We see it all online—that the SQA is marking its own homework and the investigation is a whitewash.
I also want to mention, as the minister brought it up, the online women’s health platform, through which factual information is now available to young girls and women in Scotland.
Trading would be cheaper and quicker, online shopping would be easier and safer, and Scottish firms would be able to trade freely with more businesses and sell to more customers.