Agenda item 2 relates to our next major inquiry, which is into timescales and stages of bills. It is a formal request that any request for witness expenses be referred to me to agree it. Is that agreed?
Convener, your letter in the newspapers seems to have been a good way of securing additional witnesses.
Yes. We have suddenly received a number of responses, not all of which have been entirely relevant to the inquiry. I hope that my letter will result in our taking evidence from non-usual suspects at a future date.
The unusual suspects are the ones that we want.
They are non-usual, rather than unusual. I am sure that that is what the Official Report will say, anyway.