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The idea of limited time is not one that I necessarily accept.It is a question of what the committee thinks is the best use of the Parliament's limited time.
I said in answer to an earlier question that in the past we put money into buying more fiscals, as it were. We have invested in new technology and we now have a joined-up system between the police and the court service that is one of the best in the world.
In fact, work started last week on the Western general car park. People visiting the Western general pay £1 a visit compared with £10 a day at the Edinburgh royal infirmary.
The three minutes has been well emphasised, so I will try my best. As you know, lawyers do go on. It is good discipline—we get only four minutes in the chamber.
I am certainly not suggesting that we downplay the role of any standards committee; I am simply trying to find ways of making the best and most efficient use of members' time.
The evidence that it has submitted, therefore, is worthy and sound. The RSPB presents it as the best evidence that can be gathered together to suggest that we should at no stage consider the culling of raptors.