Time wasters

I’ve just seen Holyrood’s Presiding Officer say at the close of FMQS that there was no time for supplementary questions because of the lengthy responses already given.

Apart from pointing out that the PO has the authority to demand brevity and chivvy things along, could I suggest a time limit of, say, two minutes for questions and three for responses?

In fact, if the First Minister and her planted question acolytes were to be banned from mentioning England, Westminster and Wales that would free up a fair bit of time off for a start.

ANDREW KEMP

Rosyth, Fife