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As an aside, this may be a matter that we could raise with the Commission's environmental officials when the committee visits Brussels.Scrutiny Scrutiny We will move on to scrutiny of EC documentation.
Would that protect us from the evil individuals whom the bill is meant to screen out?There is a balance to be struck and we must consider how we can achieve it.
If I may, I will mention two examples where I believe that that could be done.I recently visited the Highland Spring Ltd factory at Blackford in Perthshire.
As I said earlier, six or seven commissioners have visited Scotland this year. During such visits, various discussions take place—they are not here just to see the castle.
Indeed, when Jim Wallace, as Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, accompanied me on a visit to the school two years ago, he met people from each continent, all of whom wanted to study in the Borders.
I was lucky enough to spend a day at Hampden recently, at sportscotland's annual general meeting. Afterwards, I visited the excellent museum, which includes the hall of fame, where I was asked to nominate a player.