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I make no apologies for returning to the point that one of the best ways of demonstrating that we are serious is by leading by example—it is a terrific way of doing things.
The Executive would not demur from the principle that underlies the amendment, but we contend that it is neither necessary nor appropriate for the point to be included in the bill. Amendment 26 would insert into section 5(4) the requirement to undertake consultation.
As an interim measure, it would make sense for the role of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to be combined with a supreme court. The fundamental point is that we should decide what is best for Scotland when it comes to our domestic law.
If I were the SPS, I would be thinking more about what to do with the short termers—how best to manage them, the best place to do that and so on—than about messing with the Peterhead programme.