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In some cases, the treatment might seem to be against the person’s human rights but, given the evidence that we have received to date, it is difficult to see how we can take the matter much further forward.
I thank Ian Duncan, because the bulletin helps us to keep up to date. It is a nice, potted version of what is going on but, if we need to get more information, we know where to go for it.
The Scottish Government has not yet announced a specific date on which responses to The Scottish Independence Bill: A Consultation on an Interim Constitution for Scotland will be published.
The problem with members’ bills to date has been that once the member has steered it through the committee stage and it has been passed into law, that is the end.
Having that discussion in a political or parliamentary space is certainly the approach that has been used in most referendums to date. That would be quite normal. Yes.
In my view, the companies will make decisions on those specific areas very quickly, so I think that by the February recess it would be appropriate to ask whether they have made a decision.
I talked to colleagues before the meeting started and I can say that I would be more than happy to have a relatively informal briefing after the recess to bring people up to speed with where we got to and the key issues, before we have the final proposals.