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No.I am not a financial pundit, so I will focus on one point—the issue of efficient government, about which the convener of the Finance Committee spoke, and best value in goods and services.
I think I can answer Mr Crawford's point before he gets to his feet. I will give him a chance later if I do not.Any prudent individual or business about to embark on major expenditure must carry out research to ensure that the best and most appropriate investment is made.
On resuming— Mr Stimpson was about to make a point. The point that I was making is that the sanctions in the act are all criminal sanctions against the landlord.
The committee's report offers, as the title says, "a Blueprint for negotiations". It is not an end point, but—I believe and hope—a well-informed, well-founded and robust starting point.
I think that Donald Gorrie is making the more general point that we should take a broader view and attempt to ascertain whether we are achieving best value for the public pound across the board.