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In the hearing that I sat in on, there were solicitors but it did not feel like a courtroom, so I may be overstating the point. Is there, nevertheless, a question about whether people should be advised not to be as frank as they might have been?
From time to time, we have auditors observing those meetings, to see the discharge of those responsibilities. My next question may be for others. How often does the finance sub-committee meet?
I welcome some of the things that you have said. Not all of them? That may come as no surprise. With respect to certain areas, you mentioned that there is a learning process.
I note that the Scottish secretary, David Mundell, recently gave a television interview in which he seemed to back away from Mrs May’s reassurances and insist that the UK Government was in the lead on the matter.
They have to co-ordinate that with road authorities. There may be limits to what we can legally do to prevent them from doing such work should we want to do so, but I understand the rationale for the works on the A9, which are essential.