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In her late paper, Rosemary Byrne raises a new point about the support that members who wish to introduce a bill receive from the non-Executive bills unit and so on.
To an extent, it also applies in all EU member states. Any new instruments on conflict of law rules and on jurisdiction would have to take that into account.
We are getting just one side of the story. This is not a new situation, as I remember that 15 or 20 years ago there was a problem with getting replacements for wardens—it is not always easy to fill the posts.
I am aware of the work that is being done in East Lothian Council; indeed, I have visited schools in East Lothian that have taken some new and imaginative approaches and have made significant efforts to make social inclusion a reality.
Is there a danger that it becomes just the latest area of concern, in the same way that domestic abuse and problems with children have been treated in the past?
I welcome committee members; the Auditor General for Scotland and his team from Audit Scotland; members of the Irish Committee of Public Accounts, who are visiting the Parliament today; and members of the media and the public.