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We can liaise with them about drawing out the official position. There is also an advisory group of academics, which advises statisticians in Scotland.
Given the discussion that we had under the previous agenda item, I am inclined to respond to the Finance Committee in the terms that Mark Brough suggests and to attach to our response the Official Report of today's discussion. There are governance issues and some of the issues that we raised during our discussion are to do with scrutiny of the minister and ...
It would also be appropriate to flag up the issue to the Executive to ask whether the protocols that exist between the Executive and the UK Government provide for the full exchange of information, and to ask how it thinks that the Parliament could officially be made aware. I assume that we might become aware of any such changes informally, but Stewart Maxwell is calling for some kind of procedure so that we are officially made aware.
—Official Report, House of Commons, 3 November 2005; Vol 438, c 982.I ask you, Presiding Officer, to advise the First Minister on how to go about retracting his earlier statement and apologising for misleading this Parliament.
I have not read the report from which Bruce Crawford quoted, but I am sure that our officials will have done so. Over many years, successive Governments, as well as many local authorities, have tried to do exactly what that report suggests.
We have taken evidence on the matter previously. We have with us officials from the Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department and the Executive's legal team, should members wish to ask further questions on the issue.
It has been difficult for the committee to go into detail. Indeed, the Official Report will be almost incomprehensible to anybody who is trying to work things out from what we have said.
Would it be in order for the First Minister to tell us whether it is the case that the official election form EA3, which appoints an agent and states an official address, must be signed by the candidate—that is, Mr McLeish—himself?