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The First Minister tells us that Mr Neil Davidson—I am sure that he is an excellent person—is the proposed new Solicitor General. There must be a question.
Amendment 144 simply removes the corresponding provision from part 3 where it is no longer required as a result of the new section.The Executive will also shortly lodge an amendment to part 4—similar to amendment 144—for discussion by the committee when part 4 of the bill is reached.I move amendment 33.
If the amendment is intended to give the courts new powers of interpretation, which could result in the courts looking behind the terms of the power, we would oppose it on policy grounds.
A little time is needed before people get used to the new slot and for education centre programmes and visits from constituencies to be organised to accommodate the change.