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That would be done in conjunction with a provision on lodging notice of a defence of consent. The discussion would be a pre-trial discussion involving written submissions and a written judgment.
It is clear that we will come back to that debate at stage 3.Before I call amendment 128, I should point out that if amendment 128 is agreed to then amendment 148 cannot be called, because of pre-emption. Brian, what do you wish to do?
We all recognise that the committee structure will be a significant improvement in the pre-legislative process, but I am sure that he will agree that consultation at an even earlier stage is essential in education.
The provision of pre-school education should be made a statutory duty—partly to ensure that expenditure on pre-school education is used for that purpose once the moneys have been tipped in with other grant-aided expenditure.
This is the third time that the Administration has had a copy of either a Conservative or an SNP pre-lodging amendment. I urge the Presiding Officer's office to carry out an inquiry.