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We see it as a method of assessing the burdens that arise out of a proposition and the options within it, so as to advise officials and ministers on what judgments are needed as a policy is taken forward.
This is like one of those plays on the fringe when they do not say anything for the first fifteen minutes, they just move the props about. Now that the minister and his officials have moved their props about, we can get going.
It is also essential that we talk to the officials. We should consider the responses to the green paper and the report of the new housing partnership advisory group at an early stage.
Will he tell the chamber whether ministers or Scottish Executive officials will accompany the Scottish Football Association officials to the Euro 2004 championship draw tomorrow to promote the bid for the Euro 2008 championship?