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I have conveyed my thanks to our previous convener, Mr MacAskill. I wish Margo MacDonald all the best in her new role. I wish Ian Jenkins and Bristow Muldoon the best of luck in completing the course.
There is assertion and doubt on both sides but, on balance, I think that the best possible approach would be to keep the bill intact and to ensure that the ban is operative for both new year's day and Christmas day.
When making their decisions, member states' courts all focus on the welfare principle and on the best interests of the child. I am certainly not aware that there have been any great problems.
We have noted down the other matters for briefings, but it would be best to address the issue of under-represented groups in the first briefing so that we can think about how to proceed.
To provide reasons in every circumstance would probably not be the best way forward. For those who clearly need a reason for their own peace of mind, it is important that we encourage the Procurator Fiscal Service to respond to that wish.
A cover note from the Subordinate Legislation Committee draws our attention to the draft order "on the grounds that it represents at best an unusual or unexpected use of the power, and at worst there are doubts about whether it is intra vires."