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I support the amendment in the name of my colleague Mary Scanlon. I was amazed by Helen Eadie's speech and am sorry that she did not take an intervention from me.
I ask Caroline Gardner to fill in the blanks. We know, as Mary Mulligan said, that there are difficulties in identifying and measuring what is an efficiency saving and what is a cut.
As is usual with such sessions, I will begin by inviting everyone to introduce themselves. First of all, I introduce Dr Mary Neal, who is the committee’s adviser on the bill.
I find it particularly galling to listen to Mary Scanlon saying, “Well, if only the NHS looked after people with mental health problems better, we wouldn’t have to hit them with sticks as part of the welfare reform agenda.”
I welcome the Government motion and the Labour amendment; I oppose Mr Harvie’s amendment.Some 20 months ago, my Mary’s hairdresser in Ayr asked me what would happen to opencast mining in East Ayrshire, where her husband worked—he was to be made redundant.