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oint of order, Presiding Officer. I seek your advice under chapter 9 of standing orders, following today’s publication of the stage 1 report on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.

A few weeks ago, members agreed that the stage 1 debate should take place next Thursday. Members will know of my long-standing commitment to the establishment of a national care service. Indeed, it is more than a decade since I first proposed it, so what is currently happening troubles me immensely. I therefore seek your advice on two counts.

First, the conclusion of the report seems manifestly contrary to so much of the report’s contents. Page after page of criticism appears to have been ignored. It also appears that evidence given by the third sector, independent providers and those with lived experience has also been ignored. [

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