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I welcome Jude Payne, who is a senior research specialist in SPICe. He has produced two briefing notes, which members have already had circulated to them along with the bill, the policy memorandum and the explanatory notes.
In recognition of that, the independent Electoral Commission has produced guidelines for assessing the fairness of the all-important question to be asked in any referendum.
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 says a number of things about what we must do if we get into that process, including producing a report of the investigation, which has to be laid before the Parliament.
I commend Johann Lamont's motion, I give it my whole-hearted support and I look forward to responding to the consultation document when it is produced. I warmly congratulate Johann Lamont on lodging her motion.
How will we know whether two or more MSPs have been present? Will we insist that every CPG produce minutes with a sederunt within a particular time frame?
Clearly, education is not working because dog fouling is a problem. I cannot produce any statistics on that, nor can I produce any statistics to argue against the view that dog fouling is a major problem, although I am not sure that it is.