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[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:01]
The minister is with us today. We have discussed what is and is not contentious in the McIntosh report over the past few weeks. One of the things that was marginally contentious, and which Wendy Alexander put on the back burner on 2 July, was the power of general competence. I see in The Scotsman that the power of general competence—
I will stop you there. If you have a question for the minister, can you put it to him when we go into the formal session? It is abusing the chair to bring that up now.
I am sorry, but I feel strongly about this. It will not be the last time that we have read about something in the press.
The minister is here; if you feel strongly, I am sure that if you ask him a question, he will answer it.
I am getting confused about the remit of the committee.
I am sorry, but I must stop you there. We are about to go into a formal session with the minister. If you do not think that it is an appropriate question to ask the minister, we can discuss it when the minister has left. Your question might be appropriate for the minister.
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