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If the problem is being flagged up at this early stage, we need to find out why the relevant information is not on the web and why it takes some time to get it.There is also a discrepancy in the dates: our briefing notes say that a letter dated 21 July refers to an instrument as having been made on 24 July.
How can a third party, which may feel that a project will impact on its activity, get into the loop? As you say, the directive contains no specific provision for third parties.
With the convener's permission, I will outline briefly the role of the working group, and then draw out a few points from the latest guidance document, which I submitted to the committee on 17 March.
I believe that Gordon Jackson was interested in this issue. Yes, I did get rather excited about this one. What do you think of the Executive's response?
MSPs should be required—as much for their own protection as for helping people to get information out of them—to register non-pecuniary interests, certainly to the same level as is expected of local councillors in Scotland.
In the past, it has been suggested that we organise an inquiry on a single day, when we will take the opportunity to get the necessary information from the relevant interested parties.
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Date answered:
18 October 2004