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However, we need to be absolutely sure that the order is drafted so as to ensure that the correct powers will be in place and that it is acceptable to impose the penalties by modification. Again, we are talking about something that might appear in a criminal court.
We are talking about whether the ministers are acting within the terms of the Scotland Act 1998 in conferring functions on ministers of the Crown or on UK Government departments.
Mrs Grant raises a very important point. Two weeks ago at the opening of the first station in the Highlands, in Evanton, I was struck by the fact that it had sold 2,000 litres of fuel in two weeks without any pre-publicity or advertising.