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That is the difference between the two trades. If one sector of the trade is pre-booked hires only, why would the other sector, which was designed as public hire, be allowed to do pre-booked hire work?
I will kick off by saying a few words about whether the UK Government will finally opt out of the 130 pre-Treaty of Lisbon measures. The paper is reasonably self-explanatory.
Although there is a clear demand for that, we accept in our discussions with the Governments that what they will agree on is to do not with their negotiating stance or pre-negotiations, but with what will happen after the referendum.
The Government is, of course, looking for flexibility with the 600 hours, and it is now talking about early learning and childcare, not just pre-school education. The debate about how that will be provided in practice is still going on.
It is not for me, as the convener of the committee, to pre-empt what the Scottish Government ministers will do, but I think that there is an absolute willingness on their part to engage much more than they do.