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It makes reasonable arguments but, with all due respect, the legislative system is supposed to be for the benefit of citizens, not for the convenience of the officials who are involved. There is a serious problem.
Motion agreed to. That the Parliament is pleased to reaffirm its commitment to the cause of ending violence against women; supports the 16th year of the United Nations' 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign and its focus this year on activists; pays tribute to the many paid and unpaid women across Scot...
We have costed that increase using unit costs for different functions and different members of staff in the commission.There will be a modest reduction in costs in two areas.
The corporate body per se has not made an official decision on that. However, the design of the building has given me and other colleagues concerns about the issue.
That point is important, because the lead committee will face the same question as we have. To supplement what is in the Official Report, we could say that plenty of bills treat consultation as a very important matter.
I wondered whether it would be helpful to ask the drafting officials to indicate whether there were any challenges as they prepared a particular SSI and what areas seemed problematic.
The adviser and I are just clarifying one point that we want to be totally clear in the Official Report. The point is that the Henry VIII power to which we referred in schedule 1 is already subject to the affirmative procedure.
What the public perceive is often as important as the fact, so if there is a link to what members of the public would see as an official Parliament website that is dodgy in some way, that must be a concern of ours.