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The only thing that I should tell members is that the application for support for a trip to Germany goes to the conveners liaison group this afternoon. At the next meeting of the committee, I will report back on whether we get a positive or negative response.
Was that for September during the SNP conference, convener? Did we not have a choice of dates?
It is the week after the SNP conference.
Oh damn.
I take it that you were trying to avoid the SNP conference.
As a matter of interest, convener, one of my bits of holiday reading said that, in Germany, a public petition that gathers 50,000 signatures automatically goes forward to their Parliament for legislation. I thought that that was interesting.
Given the discussion that we had earlier on about the petition concerning Stobhill hospital, we could look at that issue—if we get to go out there.
We would need to treat that with caution. Some months ago, we had a discussion about the inadmissibility of a petition in which the signatures were forged.
Absolutely. Any petition would have to meet the criteria.
Presumably the office staff are doing all that checking and screening anyway, so that would be taken care of.
If there is no other competent business, I thank everyone for their attendance. It has been a long meeting. Thank you for your attention.
Meeting closed at 12:04.
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