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That is a deterrent to trade and tourism in the area.In an informal discussion, someone said that there are difficulties with mainland legislation—made with the best will in the world for all our best interests—when it is applied to some of these areas.
Since stage 1, therefore, we have had discussions with clinicians on how best to achieve that. There are some specific areas—Jean Turner mentioned one or two of them—in which we would want a degree of clarity.
The conclusion was that a needs-based strategy guarantees only survival and maintenance survival. If that is the best we can provide, it is unlikely that we will achieve long-term investment and resurgence in an area.
We are just trying to tease out how what you propose might best be achieved by getting to the nub of some of our questions.I was rude and interrupted Karen Whitefield—please continue.
Any evidence is useful in considering how the bill might best be taken forward, but we would not rely on the attitude of or approach taken in other countries in exercising the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
I do not think that members disagree on what we want to achieve, but the question is how best to get the assurances that the Crown will meet its obligations in respect of early disclosure.