In the Scottish Parliament

I will press amendment 1 and I assure the Deputy First Minister that my career chances were over some time ago.

I thank you, Presiding Officer, for accepting my amendment, which is the same amendment that I spoke to yesterday, when it was in a group

I had better say something, seeing as Murdo Fraser has teed me up. [ Interruption .] It is too late for that.

There are two amendments in the group—my amendment 12, which relates to licensing boards, and amendment 13, in the name of Alex Cole-Hami

I will press amendment 12. I am slightly confused by the Deputy First Minister’s response.

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How does the cabinet secretary answer the fair point that infection rates in parts of Greater Manchester, such as Bolton, are lower than

Is the proposed permanency bill—this is the first that I have heard of it; I apologise—likely to cover things such as travel restrictions

I notice that the cabinet secretary gave no figures whatsoever in his answer, so the public will be quite bemused by it.

If the cabinet secretary thinks that an email shows respect to this Parliament, he is looking at it in completely the wrong way, because