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So all ballot papers will be opened face downwards as standard? Yes. So there will be no point in having counting agents or anybody else for verification.
He clearly still thinks that the answer should be no. I point out to him that, according to the Finance Committee, the Executive cannot specify what the money is being spent on.
I understand why, in the interests of tidiness, the Standards Committee should be the commissioner's main reference point, but I would have thought that it would be better for the equalities strategy to go to the Equal Opportunities Committee.
Personally, I found this approach helpful in following the bill.I should point out that paragraph 3 of schedule 1, which deals with limited life buildings, marks a change from previous legislation.
I am happy to respond to John Scott and I take the point that he has made. However, the order specifically makes provision for a connection between the Highlands and Islands and Northern Ireland.
You have given me considerable reassurance on that point. I am concerned to assert the rights of the committee and to ensure that account is taken of our position.
As arguments about sensitivity and the information that people are willing to provide can be made about every question in the census, it would be a lost opportunity if a question on income were not included. Whether that would be done best within the package that we have talked about is debatable.