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Obviously, a criminal records check shows a person's criminal record at the date that the check is done, which means that it cannot simply be transferred to another local authority later on.
There might be another possibility: given that we will be taking evidence from Church organisations on the proposed housing bill, we might be able to schedule evidence on both matters on the same date. I am not thirled to the date; it was the principle that I wanted to push.
We will come back to committee members with suggested dates. The practicality of fitting in meetings has been raised, but we will do our very best to supply those dates as soon as possible, given the committee's concern about the matter.