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I have not formed that opinion out of emotion or because of prejudice; I have formed it following 25 years of practice in the courts and membership of a select committee that investigated the subject.
I am not sure—I may have been sitting here too long—but I think that I followed what Donald Gorrie said.I thank the minister for congratulating the Justice 1 Committee.
I should say instead that this committee is setting the pace a little bit and that those committees are now beginning to follow an approach that is similar to the way in which we engage with the Scottish Executive.
I should say instead that this committee is setting the pace a little bit and that those committees are now beginning to follow an approach that is similar to the way in which we engage with the Scottish Executive.
Does that mean that, although hospitals have an advocacy service, you want an independent body that provides a service to patients, which they can access in hospital and which would follow them and remain with them in the community?
The industry has said that it will co-operate fully and the FSA will follow that up. My final question is that, given the higher incidence of CJD in Scotland and the north of England and the difficulties in tracing where it came from, is it still safe to eat processed meat such as sausages and pâté?
If we ensure that that happens, minority groups' access to quango membership will be increased and equal opportunities policies will be followed much more rigorously. That was a little plug for my bill: anyone who wants to support and sign it is most welcome to do so.
The third recommendation is for us to"instruct the clerks to prepare a draft note to the European Committee, to be agreed by correspondence".That will follow from the discussions of the other two papers.I would like to introduce Mabel Hildebrand from the new deal unit at the Scottish Executive.