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I appreciate that these matters are not clear cut but what we are seeking to do is to put in place arrangements to ensure that we have all the powers we need to protect Scottish interests in any given circumstance. My officials and I will be happy to address any further questions the Committee may have.
We have conveyed our concerns in writing and orally to the SPCB, but we have not yet received an official reply as to whether it will give us oral or written evidence.
When one talks to people who are involved in the European theatre, they laugh at the official statistics—the WRS ones—because they know from their own statistics that the official ones understate the situation.
I am no expert on Jewish marriage law, but the council seems to have a— I can answer that question in so far as I can tell you that officials are not in a position to answer it.