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On the first point, the Executive has accepted that references to regulations in the principal regulations should have been removed following the revocation of part III of the principal regulations.
We must get employer buy-in—the good employers need to lead the way, after which, I hope, others will follow suit. Written evidence from Deafblind Scotland and Quarriers suggests that disabled people often do not know where to go to access advice.
This group of amendments relates to the points that Nanette Milne raised. Amendment 203 follows on the commitment that I gave in the previous stage that bona fide museums will not be required to be licensed for the public display of anatomical human remains.
People will notice that I headed my paper "Unacceptable Actions by Complainers" rather than "Frivolous, Vexatious and Repeat Complaints". In doing that, I followed the Scottish public services ombudsman's well-recognised policy, which has the same heading.
Amendment 32 raises an issue that is of concern to the higher and further education bodies in relation to another bill that is before the Parliament. Members who have followed the progress of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Bill will be aware of the concern about the third-party right of direction and the definition of what organisations are...
We may have to revisit the matter in the future, as none of us knows what the future holds. I would be slightly wary of following up on Margo MacDonald's suggestion simply because it is attractive that we would not have to revisit the issue.
The only response that we have received from the Electoral Commission was to questions that were posed to its representatives at the previous meeting, but which they could not answer, and the only letter that we have sent following that evidence was on the number of MEPs that Scotland should have.
Item 8 is consideration of witness expenses. Again following our usual practice, I ask that we discuss that in private, as it concerns expenses for individual witnesses, which it is not appropriate to discuss in public.