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The same issue arises in section 7 as arose in section 2. We need a provision in new section 33A of the 1987 act to say that orders that amend the 1987 act must be subject to the affirmative procedure, although other orders can be subject to the negative procedure.
Scottish ParliamentAudit CommitteeTuesday 26 October 1999(Afternoon) The Convener opened the meeting at 14:00 I open this meeting—I have resisted the temptation to say, "Order, order," so I am glad that I am learning good new habits.
Having spoken about other people inserting new items in the bill without consultation, I must confess that this amendment is a new item on which I have not consulted.
I asked for information from the Scottish Parliament information centre about the implications of the latest legal decisions in England, as other members did.
Where standards once varied widely, now the inspection regime and our proposed new measures on the regulation of care give parents the reassurance of quality that money could not buy.