He explained that Members had to be “prepared to be open and to accept that you might hear evidence over the course of the process that leads you to change your mind.”iConveners Group. (2025, March 26). Official Report. Retrieved from: https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/conveners-group/official-report/26-march-2025.pdf
This view of the importance of evidence was one reiterated by other witnesses.