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I wondered whether the committee wanted specifically to mention the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Bill, which was held up as a good example.
There is substantial room for efficiencies right across government in Scotland, including health boards, local government and a whole series of other agencies.
From what our induction paper says, we can confidently expect that eight bills will come to this committee. As you pointed out, the challenge is at what point those bills will come to the committee.
We are particularly keen to consider the whole issue of how sustainable development is addressed in policy memoranda for bills; we think that that is not being done consistently across the Executive and that the issue requires some attention.
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (SSI 2002/147) Now then, it is possible that spin-doctors have got loose.