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We do not accept the view that showmen's applications should be dealt with under paragraph 26 of the Scottish Executive's planning policy SPP 3, which deals with the accommodation needs of Gypsy Travellers.
Order 1999, which was laid before the Parliament on 26 May, be approved. The next question is, that motion S1M-29, in the name of Henry McLeish, be agreed to.
I ask that because during Scottish tourism week we were encouraged to visit places. I visited a local hotel that depends quite heavily on the internet—it does a lot of business through the internet.
I intend to conclude item 1 by 10.15 at the latest; we have witnesses arriving from throughout the country so we need to stick to that timing.The first item on our agenda is consideration of the Holyrood report for November, which gives the latest information on the project's cost and programme.
I want to deal with other issues to which you have given thought. The bill proposes a new Scottish legal complaints commission—out goes the ombudsman and in comes something new.
With the convener's permission, I will outline briefly the role of the working group, and then draw out a few points from the latest guidance document, which I submitted to the committee on 17 March.