Local Government and Planning Minister Aileen Campbell told Mr McGrigor there would shortly be a consultation on planning fees and invited him to contribute it.
More importantly, as Aileen Lee points out on TechCrunch, not only do women dominate almost all social media channels, they also hold the purse strings.
South of Scotland Lib Dem MSP Jim Hume, the SNP's Aileen McLeod and Conservative Alex Fergusson also raised concerns about the situation as did Dumfries and Galloway councillors.