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First, we had to make a choice between legislation and a voluntary code of practice for the enforcement of the new arrangements. I would have preferred to give the new rules the force of law, given the experience of poor practice in some parts of the industry.
Therefore, I inform members that I have agreed that the motion to appoint a new minister will be taken tomorrow at 2.15 pm, which is before question time at 2.30 pm.
They should be called Finlands. It will be a new legal term in Scotland. From now on, a statutory instrument on which no points arise will be called a Finland or a Norway.
Although the inquiry will not be finished within that period, we will be able to make good use of his time until then.If there are no questions or comments, we will note that piece of news.
We have apologies from Margo MacDonald, Dennis Canavan, Sylvia Jackson, Ben Wallace, Cathy Jamieson and also from Richard Lochhead, one of our new members, who has double-booked and is at the Rural Affairs Committee meeting.