Yesterday we debated the unique challenges facing Scotland’s population and our migration policy.
Scotland needs immigration but so does the rest of the UK. The movement of people enriches both societies and those who move. Migration is good but it clearly cannot be a free-for-all.
I hear all the time in my subject area of housing that there is a skills shortage and that builders are getting older and not enough young people are taking up their trades.
Whilst looking to attract people from abroad may help, we should be actively looking to train youngsters from here to be the next generation of construction workers who will be ready to face the challenges of the building trade in the 21st century.
The SNP - who were riled by my speech - might think that they speak for Scotland in everything but they do not. They are out of tune with the country on immigration, because the people do not want a different immigration system here.