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It is of interest and it is overdue, but I am not sure what legal aspects of the bill we might have to consider. Any bill that creates significant new offences tends to get referred to the justice committees.
Given the time that it has taken to draft the bill and all the issues the led to the need for a new piece of legislation in the first place, we must ensure that we get it right.
It might be difficult to get an accurate figure for the number of EU citizens who have come to Scotland, but surely there is some way of getting an estimate of the number of people in that category.