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I hope that the powers that be, in all the parties, will address that issue in the new session of Parliament. It has certainly been a subject for discussion at the Conveners Group.My second point emphasises what Simon Watkins said.
Many focus group discussions took place last summer and we have been trying to test the system robustly. It is a new system that maintains many of the features and principles of the previous system; however, it is very much a new system.
I cannot agree with anything John Swinburne said about the benefits of quangos in the new towns of Scotland. I represent a new town and I am sitting next to two colleagues who were born and brought up in new towns.