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I went on to give a further example of a dissatisfied complainer who"has threatened to hand his complaint on to a friend so that it will come back as a new complaint."I would have had no mechanism under the provisions to stop that.
It was instigated by reading on the front page of the Daily Record that a five-year-old boy who was new to school had taken a package to his teacher and said to her, "Take this, because it is making my mummy sick."
Given that there are different circumstances in Scotland, I am happy that the regime is as it is, although we have, with the Executive and DEFRA, committed ourselves to looking at new charging schemes and new regulations as they are introduced with a view to trying to align the relevant charges.
Thank you, convener, and congratulations on your new position. We will be seeing rather more of each other across the table than we have done heretofore.
However, does he recognise that the new code of conduct raises serious problems for councillors today who feel that they are unable to represent the views of their constituents?