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My point is relevant to the second of what we think are the important principles that should be followed, which is that we should legislate only when necessary.
To a certain extent, that is the procedure that will be followed, which will not lead us into a situation in which Parliament formally decides to make changes.
I find myself in a slightly difficult situation because I can follow what the minister is saying and the intention behind the extension of the period of certification, but I am concerned that there are still imponderables.
Political disagreements about the course that should be followed will always arise and we cannot produce a mechanism that will do away with all those arguments.
A point that several respondents to the committee appeared to raise was whether gifts were cumulative: whether a gift of £249 one day would come below the £250 threshold if it were followed by a further gift of £249 the next.
There have been quite a number of interesting insights that we might want to reflect on and follow through. I thank Matthew MacIver for his attendance this morning.
The committee is pleased that these two amendments, as well as other amendments that will follow later in the bill, go further than the Subordinate Legislation Committee suggested, and the policy is now clearly stated in the bill.