Members have a letter from Hugh Henry that highlights the issues that we raised and those that the Equal Opportunities Committee raised as the lead committee. The minister outlines proposals that are designed to ensure that the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Bill will be able to cover the issues related to elective genital surgery, because there would obviously be complications if those issues were not addressed in the bill. Just as important, the World Health Organisation is reconsidering its definition of female genital mutilation and that information will have to be incorporated into the bill. The Executive's proposed amendments will contain powers that are connected with those two issues but, as Christine May said in relation to the previous item, we will not see the amendments until nearer the stage 3 debate.
That debate is scheduled to take place reasonably soon, so the committee should remember the issue. Even my powers of memory are likely to last that long.
The draft amendments are, in fact, attached to the letter, so we can consider them closely. The stage 3 debate is scheduled for 26 May, so we will be able to have a further look at the amendments before the debate.