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Will we get more resources into the system through the new legislation, or is the new legislation likely to lead to a much greater demand for resources?
Under item 1, I seek the committee's agreement to take in private agenda items 5, 6 and 7. Item 5 is consideration of arrangements for oral evidence as part of our consideration of the report "Overview of the water industry in Scotland".
We were unable to complete formal consideration of the replacement instrument on 7 January because the Subordinate Legislation Committee had not yet reported on it.
I am delighted that Lewis Shand Smith is with me today, as he takes the lead responsibility in the local government field. He visited all 32 local authorities—I visited almost all of them.
Getting the data right is a big issue and, as Linda Rosborough said, it is a SIP-level issue. We are spending £7 million on the neighbourhood statistics project to get the data that we need.