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Richard Baker apologises because he is on his honeymoon; we send our best wishes to Richard. Jamie Stone apologises because he is at a meeting of the Parliamentary Bureau, but he will join us later.
The committee has previously said that a large number of commencement orders is perhaps not the best way of doing things. We will mention that, but not make a big deal of it.I thank members of the committee for attending the meeting.
I am not averse to increases in fees, if a service is provided in the best interests of the public. However, clarification on how the figures are arrived at would be useful.
Today, our job is to move on, building on the new confidence in the fingerprint service and ensuring that everyone who is involved in the case can move on with us.
Although a number of key recommendations were made by the former Justice 1 Committee, I believe that our priority should be to increase the powers of the ombudsman. That would be one of the best ways for us to go about improving the present system.