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Those powers, which we estimate will cost about £440,000 per annum, do not appear to have been taken account of and are not referred to at all in the memorandum.
The instrument is made, and it is unchangeableāunless the Executive, in response to the consultation, decides to withdraw the instrument and remake and re-lay it, but that strikes me as unlikely.
We could write to the ministers first, to lay out our stall. We could then use their answer as a basis for our questions, rather than come to the matter cold.
In the light of the Chhokar precedent, will the First Minister now lay that argument firmly to rest and make it clear that a public inquiry would in absolutely no way jeopordise the Lord Advocate's independence?
I understand that it is still fine tuning details of the procedure for laying the draft code of practice and for reporting breaches of the code, but that will have no material effect on the proposal to involve the Standards Committee in the process.
That the Parliament authorises Lord Fraser to lay his report into the Scottish Parliament Building Project before the Parliament and orders the Clerk to publish the report.