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The regulations propose a worrying reduction of ministerial powers. What is meant by "new information"? Can the Scottish ministers say that information that has been submitted to them is not new and that they will not consider it?
I ask the convener to try to get a timetable from the Executive about when it will consult on the new SPP. We can simply tell the petitioners that we will consider the petitions when the new guidance is published.
European Issues Item 2 on our agenda is European issues. We will consider the latest of my regular reports on European Union developments that are relevant to this committee.The paper gives members an overview of recent activity in various issues relating to the environment, fisheries and aquaculture.
The Audit Commission will publish the report on its latest such exercise this morning.As a result of the exercise, we found £15 million of overpayments, fraud and forward savings.