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When the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Bill was passed some years ago, it became inevitable that we would have regulations of this nature.
Did they suggest that a public inquiry was not the right way forward for Scotland? If they did not suggest that, I, for one, believe that more must be done to justify not holding a public inquiry.