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That ties into what Kevin Stewart said and raises the question of how we make the best out of a system that does not make the best out of the money that it has.
All the stuff that I am looking at is about using very reasoned judgment and saying, “Let us not be second best or third best. We can be the best in the world at whisky; that is great.
The Arbuthnott and NRAC formulas were well intentioned; they had the best data, the best methods and the best statisticians, but nevertheless failed to address a particular problem.
The bill’s underlying principle is to give people choice and flexibility, to allow them to make the choices that suit them best and best meet their needs and to have a system that is flexible enough in that regard.
I know that we have received a lot of written evidence but it always seems that, despite our best efforts, these evidence sessions are constrained by time.