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These regulations also breach the 21-day rule.
That is more serious in this case, as the regulations involve people directly in their homes. I wonder why no one has realised the immediate importance of the regulations for the people affected? Although there are understandable reasons for breaches of the 21-day rule in some of the other instruments, there seems to be no good reason for such a breach here.
I thought that the explanation for the breach was quite reasonable.
Why?
It is not really worth getting into a debate over this particular matter, but Margo MacDonald is quite correct to say that some instruments should stick to the 21-day rule.
We will advise the Executive of our general dissatisfaction and leave the lead committee to take a particular view.