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We do not want to lose out to competition, because our obligation is to provide connections and we must have a de minimis workforce to provide connections.
Let me reflect on what happened earlier this week, when the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs—a very intelligent man, by all accounts—told an incredulous public? and a disbelieving committee of the Parliament?
We heard passionate advocacy on that from Johann Lamont and Des McNulty—the words "Des McNulty" and "passion" are not normally uttered together, but he made excellent points.
Carol Bell is an energy expert and had interests in gas, as it happens, but she is simply an energy expert. Is Guy de Selliers still the chairman? Guy de Selliers is a prominent European banker who has interests in many other businesses.
The direct financial implications for local authorities would be de minimis. The financial memorandum says that the cost would be some £20,000 overall, across five local authorities, for consulting about the boundary.
The RAGES team is an exemplar of community campaigning, and I am pleased to say that we are in the presence of that campaigning tour de force, as some of the RAGES team are in the public gallery.
As Secretary of State for Scotland, he ran Scotland as though it were a de facto independent country, such was his untrammelled ability to drive things forward.