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It seems that the issue is one of basic unfairness and inequality. Could you lay out simply why the bill would not give churches the freedom to exercise their beliefs?
Is that possible, or does that component simply not exist at all? Is the problem the laying out of the information, rather than the fact that equality is not included?
I thank Donald Gorrie for his question, which was different, as ever. I could never lay claim to being teetotal—I defer to Mr Sheridan on that—and I do not know much about teetotal tailoresses.
However, putting a little bit of pressure elsewhere may get a better result, because others will have more expertise than committee members have as lay people, however excellent you all are.Do members agree that that is how we should proceed?
We understand that lowest cost is not necessarily the only criterion that should be taken into account and that quality, too, must be taken into account, but we have doubts about the best-value criteria.