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Expenditure Commitments To ask the First Minister whether any existing expenditure commitments will be cut to pay for new commitments on health and education spending and, if so, what these are.
Any such power of designation, which would replace the current but rarely used power, would apply solely to new tenants and would not affect the rights of existing tenants in any way.
One of those new members is Bruce Crawford. I welcome Bruce to the committee and thank Andrew Welsh for the excellent service that he gave to the committee since the election.
The taking of evidence from those petitioners has been scheduled for 24 September. That is in line with our new attempt to ensure that petitions link into our inquiry or legislative work.
The principle needs to be cleared up with the Minister for Finance and Public Services when he comes before the committee in October. As I understand it, the latest position is that the £500 million will be in cash savings.