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First, I am extremely concerned that there is a prevailing mood that we want to get on with building a new Scotland instead of talking about a building in Scotland.
I urge the minister to enter into discussions with those organisations before finalising the guidance, to ensure that we get it right. I endorse what Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Domestic Violence Item 3, on domestic violence, is accompanied by a note from the assistant clerk and Maureen Macmillan, the reporter. The intention is to try to get an idea from the committee about how we wish to take the item forward.
The difficulties in the 1967 act should not be in the new act. A simplified system of administration with local authorities should get us to where we want to go.
The Harold Shipman case showed that for many years he was getting— To be fair, we have not had a Shipman in Scotland—or at least a Shipman has not been found yet in Scotland.
That is one reason why it is essential to get the new CFP right. We have seen elsewhere that a fishery can be depleted beyond the point of recovery and can collapse completely.