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I also welcome Ian Ritchie, the committee's special adviser on the new economy.We have had apologies from several members, which the clerk will record in the minutes of the meeting.
Under the previous, voluntary scheme, a mere 287 houses were registered. Under the new scheme, we envisage that somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 properties in multiple occupation will be covered.
If SARS broke out in Scotland, how would the new arrangements benefit us? If somebody suspected that a SARS patient was arriving at their hospital or coming into the country, what would be different about the new process?
He argues that if the Executive continues to fund them, it would not be able to find money for new things, but it is much more important to keep good existing things going than to invent something new.
Will he and his ministerial colleagues vigorously support efforts to find a positive way forward by using those balances or by using some other method? There is a new convener in place and I understand that there will be a new administration, although it will not be chosen until 19 March.