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Subject to members' views, I suggest that the committee does not press the point, despite the fact that a wee bit of doubt remains about the Executive's explanation.
I have a question, although it is not on the detail of chemicals policy issues; the clerks could perhaps best answer it. How do we decide where these matters best sit in relation to the various committees?
I hear what you are saying, convener, but I have much sympathy with Susan Deacon's point. I take Carolyn Leckie's point about bringing people together, which is a good thing to do.
The letter reads:"We accept that the law on this point"—being the same points to which the minister has just referred—"is unclear and that the Bill as introduced did not take account of this concern."