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The Scottish Parliament provides an ideal forum for distinctly Scottish legislation of this type. I am very pleased to say that I have received support from all quarters, including invaluable drafting assistance for my bill from the Executive.The bill contains two changes from the original Law Commission bill.
It ensures that, if Scottish ministers decide to prepare a statement under section 3, they must give an estimate of the likely financial implications for the national park.I move amendment 2. I am pleased that the minister has lodged amendment 2.
I thank Duncan Hamilton for raising this issue. I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in this debate, as I am one of the teachers mentioned in the motion: I taught for 35 years and did not know about dyspraxia for 30 of them.
It is not clear from the minister's statement how he will prevent that overlap from becoming excessively bureaucratic. I am pleased that the minister has not given in to demands to nanny the nannying profession.
There are all sorts of international and Council of Europe conventions about which people forget or do now know. The United Kingdom is a signatory to a number of those conventions, which means that it has to bear in mind certain obligations.
It says— Sorry, I see the one that you mean. The extract from the Official Report refers to line 2. The problem is that the replacement paper that I was sent was the same as the original.
Mr Gibson's contribution was balanced with one exception. I understand that SEPA officials are obliged by health and safety law to wear certain protective clothing on most field and work sites.
I welcome the Deputy Minister for Justice and her officials. Section 1—Large shops not to open on Christmas Day or New Year's Day Amendment 1, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 2 to 6.
As I mention in my paper, the difference is mainly due to two big changes: an increase in AME to cover increased provision for public sector pensions and a reduction in AME because the supporting people budget has been put into the DEL.