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The Deputy First Minister has refused to rule out the use of section 28(7) of the Scotland Act 1998, so there can be only one conclusion, which is that legislation is planned.
We wonder what your view is on the balance of advantage between extending meetings to, say, 7 o'clock on a Wednesday and/or a Thursday, as opposed to moving the meetings into Wednesday mornings.
I am sure that Mary Scanlon does not need reminding that no new money has been allocated over and above what has already been announced, which is an increase in excess of 7 per cent. Historically, that increase is extremely high.
Sticking with schedule 1 for the moment, I notice that paragraphs 2(7)(a) to 2(7)(d) in effect provide for the power to amend the number of lawyers and non-lawyers on the commission.
However, on the point about the analysis of responses, there will be an analysis today on the website that we set up for the process.This is an important debate.
I hope that you will also seek to involve communities in that discussion so that there is buy-in. Absolutely. I am sure that if our approach is explained in the right way, we would get not only buy-in, but enthusiastic support for those ideas from communities.
Have you considered the effect of removing the words "on cause shown" from section 22(7)? I am thinking of the case of a cohabitant lost at sea; the date on which it is likely that they died will be clear, but the declarator of their being dead will not be made until six months have elapsed.