Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill <br />(PE532 and PE533)
We come to consider petitions PE532 and PE533 from Mr Ronald Smith. I take it that members have read the petitions and I refer them to the accompanying paper. PE532 asks the Parliament to amend part 2 of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill and PE533 asks the Parliament to prevent any excessive delay following enactment of the bill.
A couple of the points in petition PE532 that deal with sheltered housing were highlighted in the evidence that we received a fortnight ago. I cannot find the petition amongst my papers. At this stage, I am inclined to ask the petitioner to await the outcome of our stage 1 report, given that we have received evidence on the same issues. If he is unhappy with our findings, he can contact us again.
If the petitioner has anything to say that was not said in earlier evidence to the committee, it might be reasonable to ask him to say it. However, I do not remember a discussion about timing—with which petition PE533 deals—although my memory might be at fault. The points in the first petition were dealt with thoroughly in evidence. We should not turn away new information, but we do not want to recap what we have covered already.
Perhaps you could ask the Minister for Justice about the points that are raised in petition PE533. We are already prepared for that. Are you content with that at the moment?
Okay.
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