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One of my colleagues might want to question you further on the level playing field aspect.I return to the point that Robert Brown raised earlier about conflicts of interest.
We apologise for running behind schedule and are aware of the time pressure that Professor Brown is under.I welcome the witnesses: Professor Alice Brown; Eric Drake, the director of investigations; and David Robb, director of policy and development.
As Donald Cameron reflected, it is for the Parliament to decide not only what scrutiny looks like, but what the process for that scrutiny is. Keith Brown raised a point about the imposition of laws on Scotland.
I direct the committee to my Digby Brown response, which makes a call for a change in the law in relation to the ability to pursue litigation where the entities are defunct.
I echo Malcolm Gardner’s comment that the technology is there. As Keith Brown said, the data is already held at various levels of Government; it is about joining that up.
We will move straight to questions. The first question is from Keith Brown. The written evidence that our witnesses have provided shows that they both have real concerns about the freeze on local housing allowance rates.