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For example, I asked the minister why"if rod-licence charges are not a good idea on any other river in Scotland, they are a good idea on the Esk?"—Official Report, 10 February 2005; c 14521.
I was contemplating the points that were made on amendment 22A and, on reflection, I would say that the advice of officials to the minister was correct and that my political judgment was incorrect.
He said:"The purpose is not to restrict but to understand better the nature of the member's character and interests".—Official Report, Standards Committee, 24 April 2002; c 1004.I was impressed by that approach and I think that we should focus on it.
Although there is a Scottish Executive memorandum about the apparent effects on Scotland of the bill, the official explanatory notes on the bill are not yet available from the Home Office.
It has John Swinney sitting in the Scottish Parliament as the leader of the official Opposition and Alex Salmond in London as the unofficial leader of the Opposition and it does not know which leader to follow.