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Yesterday the country celebrated Burns day. I suppose that as Rabbie Burns is unable to attend today, it is appropriate to have another Rabbi to offer the opening prayer in his place.
We now have a series of papers—including some additional papers—that provide information on the question time review.A note from the clerk—PR/S2/04/10/19—suggests options for completing the review.
Indeed, those were the words that were used by Lord Jenkins in the report on PR that he compiled for Tony Blair. Professor Miller told the committee:"The counting procedures are extremely complex and obscure."
Novel management would be good for PR. That would involve grouse moors with hen harriers, a reduced impact on grouse and many more songbirds and waders—now we are talking about good PR.
What was your other question? If we go down the route of PR— Oh, yes. There is a variety of views on the timing of elections and the matter is explored widely in the consultation document.
However, if the object of the bill is to introduce proportional representation for elections to Scottish councils, the possibility of a by-election that, by definition, will not be conducted through PR is not totally in the spirit of the bill.
However, I wonder about its impact on the committee. Hugh Henry said in paper PR/01/5/10 that such a change in procedure could be fitted in without causing too much trouble to timetabling.