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Following our questioning, the Executive has withdrawn the original instrument, redrafted and relaid it. Members will find the new instrument under item 6 of our agenda.
I also accept the value of the warm deal, although I understand that the scheme has been tailing off. The latest statistics for winter-related deaths among the over-65s show a rise of 400 on the previous year to a figure of 2,500.
I will be interested to hear the Executive's response on the insertion of the word "activities" and on how we will deal with new purposes that we have not thought of.
His winter campaign has melted away already because he has not spelled out how he would use any new powers. He has failed to answer any of the questions posed.
All the changes that have been made since the committee last considered the paper are in italics, so it is relatively easy to pick out what is new. Thank you. There appear to be no comments on paragraphs 1 and 2.
I welcome members of the press and public to the meeting.Agenda item 1 is petition PE807, which is a new petition for the committee. The petition, which was submitted by James Mackie, relates to the influence of supermarkets in the food chain.