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I can answer in terms of the Scottish Executive and the civil service, but the Scottish Parliament's employees, and those of MSPs, are matters for the Parliament and not for me.
Is it getting in the way or not? Perhaps I can do an MSP trick and respond to your question by giving the answer that I want to give even if it has nothing to do with the question.
We believe that the petition required considerable evidence, and that has been sent to all MSPs over the past few weeks. That includes supporting evidence on the matter from three eminent professors.