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Allowing the Executive to introduce many regulations at a later date does not make for good legislation.The matter of the consultation raises baby-and-bath-water issues.
We cannot have vast storage depots for out-of-date computers. We must examine our technology and use it more efficiently.Another significant issue is the genome project and the development in our understanding of genetics, which will have an impact on health.
Its submission to the Government, dated 15 September 1961, said: "There is no law of trespass in Scotland".It went on to say that the remedy of interdict was a cumbersome legal process and that force cannot be used to remove "uninvited guests".
I thought that I had made clear earlier that Scottish Water cannot be set up on 1 April with this provision in the bill as, at that date, it would have no way of collecting revenue.
He talked about the bill allowing greater flexibility in investigating and mentioned that there would be more up-to-date mechanisms to allow people to make complaints.
In that sense, we are not a universal service—in contrast to schools, for example. The main criterion to date has been to target certain user groups or deprived geographies.
I shall hand over to Douglas Fergus, who will be able to tell you specifically about his sector. In my experience of ILAs to date, I have come across a number of NTOs that have positively enrolled people on ILAs in their sector.
We would be quite happy—at a later date, when we have records of our recent membership details—to publish a list of our members if that would be of use.