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Before I open up the discussion to members, I will make a number of comments.I accept points 1 and 2 of SMG's response, which relate to confidential transactions and company law, but I am concerned about point 3, which is about the locus of the Parliament and the committee in the matter.
Following discussion with the clerks, I have tried to identify the main elements of business that we have committed to undertake between now and the end of June and to identify dates when that business could be transacted. Members will note that we are trying to establish a fortnightly cycle of meetings.
Ten people are diagnosed with epilepsy every day and, perhaps most frightening, people die because of epilepsy. I say that because I was surprised to find that out; I had not associated the condition with fatal consequences.
However, given all the new subjects that came into the curriculum, enterprise started to die. I remember saying at a meeting at Jordanhill that something would have to be done about the situation.
We would like it to be known that solvent abuse kills three times more people than illegal drugs such as heroin do. Eight times more people die from solvent abuse than die from using ecstasy.
As I said to the minister yesterday, my question was prompted by a constituent logging on to the VisitScotland website to find out how many camping sites there were between Ullapool and Durness and finding that there was only one.
What we are establishing is that a bill must die, but when it is reborn in the next session, we will find ways of streamlining procedures and avoiding duplication of work.