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I am surprised that you did not have a conversation with the previous chair, but personal reasons that relate to the other chair might account for that. That is correct. It would be interesting to know whether there was any attempt to have that conversation or, at least, to have a handover.
He discussed his petition earlier and has indicated that something would have to be built into a licensing regime that took account of the possibility of estates being set up.
Their views are very important in the consultation process, and I hope that they will all be listened to and taken into account. Those organisations include the Scottish Council on Deafness, the British Deaf Association Scotland and Action on Hearing Loss.
Lord Dunlop and I have now held over 100 such meetings to ensure that we fully take into account the priorities and issues for Scotland as the UK prepares for negotiations.
The consistency that we are talking about relates to a fairly broad framework, within which there is plenty of scope for individual changes and conditions to be taken into account when an authority is drawing up its plan.
His point about the press making the Government and people in positions of authority more accountable is important. That raises the question of how we ensure that the press is vivid, viable, moving forward and taking on new technologies.