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It might require primary legislation to change the date of the Scottish Parliament elections, whereas the Scottish Parliament can change the date of the local elections.
We need to know whether in such circumstances that would be the normal course of action.On the time scale, would there not usually be a range of dates given rather than a single date?
If we assume that the bill passes stage 1, I hope to take at stage 2 the second and third themes of the bill before the summer recess and the first and fourth themes—what you have said relates to them—after the summer recess.
The deadline for submissions to that consultation was 27 September 2003; findings will be released some time after the summer recess. I therefore suggest that we hold on to the petition until the first meeting at which we deal with petitions after the summer recess.