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Are they sympathetic to the range of views that has been expressed, perhaps including your proposal to allow people to participate more easily as elected representatives?
When we come to later parts of the briefing, I plan to let the committee know who has a view to express, although I will not necessarily express that view for those people.
Those people have never had to make a serious decision in their lives. The sentiments expressed by Black Watch soldiers have been reported in some of our national media over the past 24 hours.
My own point of view is well known: I am quite supportive of the view that is expressed in the petition and do not think that the provision should be in the bill.
That is one of the areas in which the Justice 1 Committee has expressed an interest, although that committee has quite a long list of possible interests.
However, the key objective is to introduce an aspect of equality into the bill, and I hope that individual members will express their opinions on that aspect today.