I denigrate no one, but the question about political activities relates only to the preceding five years and—amazingly—being a member of a political party is deemed not to be a political activity.The statistics in the written answer from Angus MacKay also show that in the period between 1 July 1996 and 31 December 1998, not one declared Liberal Democrat supporter was appointed to a public body in Scotland. However, when proportional representation gave the Liberal Democrats a share of power in the Scottish Executive, all of a sudden Liberal Democrat supporters started to be appointed to public bodies in Scotland.