South of Scotland Enterprise Bill: Stage 3

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 5 June 2019.

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Photo of Mike Rumbles Mike Rumbles Liberal Democrat

Colin Smyth said that it was “implied”, but it was not implied: I said straight out that just putting “supporting rural businesses” into law could easily be interpreted as saying that urban businesses may not be supported. That is the point. We have no revising chamber, so it is really important that we get it right at stage 3.