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Was the consultation, which seemed to me to be thorough, wide-ranging and wholly sufficient, carried out with the help and guidance of Parliament staff as to who should be consulted? Was advice followed in all respects? Yes it was. Both NEBU and SPICe were consulted and their advice was followed.
We will consider and process all the admissible amendments to the bill that have been lodged.The procedures that we will follow are similar to those that are followed at stage 2 of a public bill, except that it is only members of the committee who may lodge amendments and participate in the meeting.
In relation to Adam Ingram's first point, the guidance from the Committee on Safety of Medicines is clear on people who are under 18 and it will be followed.
For the moment, however, I think it best that we follow previous procedures until we are more comfortable with how things progress.Robin Harper is not here yet, so we shall keep item 2 in abeyance until such time as he is able to attend.
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.