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Education (National Priorities) (Scotland) Order 2000 (SSI 2000/draft) Various points were raised about the order and various responses have come back, including the definition of "lesser used".
Before we proceed with our business, I have two points. First, the sound system in this committee room is intensely sensitive to mobile phones, which will cause interference even if they are switched to silent mode.
We have a substantial document before us, which, doubtless, will wing its way to another committee. Points were flagged up about this draft instrument.
Is the Deputy First Minister aware that a report published by the Carers National Association, "Caring on the Breadline", points out that Scottish carers have greater debt problems than do carers in other parts of the United Kingdom?
It was suggested that the provision should be more tightly worded, and we agreed to consider an amendment at stage 3. I accept the point that was made, and amendment 7 is designed to address that.
Members indicated agreement. Could I check one point? The note that I received said that the official report will produce a report of the evidence, but that it will not appear as the Official Report.
I think that the issue has gone through three distillations to try to reach a point at which everybody is happy—we will find out this afternoon whether that has happened.
Executive Response The first item on today's agenda is the Executive's response to points raised by the committee about the Shetland Islands Regulated Fishery (Scotland) Order (SSI 1999/194).