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That was just an aside. I want to ask about the new information disclosure scheme. I understand that it is a new departure and that, inevitably, any estimate of the costs and fees must involve an element of assumption.
It was the committee's aim, in going to Aberdeen and Perth, to meet in areas that parliamentary committees had not hitherto visited. That was why we considered places other than Dumfries.
Direct representations have not been made to me, but we will publish the results of the research that I mentioned in, I believe, August this year—at the latest, they will be published in the autumn.
The minister rightly pointed out that the funding is for new and refurbished facilities, but one thing that appears to have held back the Aberdeen bid is the fact that it is a new one.