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Luckily, the amendments do not affect any provision that the committee has already considered—they add new powers.The first amendment is largely administrative and relates to the power to make regulations in respect of special lists and records.
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.
We have our part to play in changing world conditions and in loving the neighbour whom we see only on television.When a group of young people from Belarus visited our Parliament, they were amazed at the access that we had to our politicians.
After spending an hour and a half on new petitions, I am exhausted and I do not think that I have paid due attention to the petitions that we have heard already and which we have passed on.
If we do not want to see something in the newspapers, the best way to achieve that is not to say it. I hope that we can start a new parliamentary year with a new spirit of openness.
Having read the Official Report of the committee's meeting of 26 February and listened to the previous discussion, I should like to make clear that we are responsible only for sites of special scientific interest.