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We must decide how best to deal with the remit of eliminating discrimination against disabled people.When the group was set up, we were an advisory body and so had limited powers compared with those that will be enjoyed by the Disability Rights Commission, for example.
As raptors are a protected species, you are not comparing like with like. I bear no ill-will towards sport shooting and I recognise that it is an entirely legitimate activity.
The deputy minister, in writing to the convener of the Rural Affairs Committee on 25 October, said:"The argument that a median line, as compared to any other type of line . . . is at variance with international law is therefore neither here nor there."
I hate to imagine what is actually happening in most offices. I want to compare resources for staff in constituency offices with those for staff here in the Parliament.
The corporate body will manage the transfer of funds and, therefore, with regard to the internal reporting and accounting practices of that body, I wanted to ask the chief executive how our practices compare with those of devolved Parliaments around the world.