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The study has the Executive's full support and Scottish ministers have openly expressed their support for the work.I will take a moment or two to share with the committee some of the major contents of the report.
Amendment 15 is a response to the concerns expressed by the committee and others that former vassals might be faced with large bills when feuduty is finally extinguished.
This committee will also consider the opinions of many other committees and then pass back its view back to Parliament through the bureau. So our role is to express a view on the contents of the instruments.
A publication is in preparation—it will be published on 26 November—which looks across the suite of inspections that we have undertaken in the first three years of our work for SFEFC.
If we are to take seriously the sentiment that is expressed in the latter part of the Executive's motion, perhaps those issues require further investigation and real partnership working.
The matter must be referred to the conveners liaison group. From comments that were made earlier, it is clear that ours is not the only committee that is struggling to understand the relevance of some of the procedures.
The matter must be referred to the conveners liaison group. From comments that were made earlier, it is clear that ours is not the only committee that is struggling to understand the relevance of some of the procedures.