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As part of the consultation process that is to be followed prior to such appointments being made, should not it be compulsory for the Executive to bring forward regulations setting out the procedure to be followed and those who are to be consulted?
That is the other thing that I was going to say. Following the responses that I received to my questions, I then lodged a motion on the subject, which was followed by many others from members of all parties.
We could therefore raise both issues. Okay—a failure to follow proper legislative practice and defective drafting.Our points 3 to 7 were also on defective drafting.
I understand why we are here and why procedures have to be followed, but it is bizarre that a committee should seek to be exonerated by those whom it seeks to examine.
Before we move on to the other delights in store today, can we agree on our report following the evidence from the GROS? I thought that we were all deeply entrenched in that discussion.