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We simply need to correct the problem as soon as possible to ensure that the legislation makes sense and does not refer to a date that is prior to the date of commencement of the legislation.
We wanted to make it clear that a request in those circumstances applies only from the next school entry date. The proposed new section 28A(3F) covers that.The complexity is much to do with the 1980 act, particularly section 32.
Amendment 2 makes a small technical change to reflect the fact that, under the provisions of the bill, the due date of an ordinary election may not be the first Thursday in May.
The issue is not planned for discussion next week because we will be in Easter recess then, but I assure the committee that we will produce a paper on future options.
We have a long-standing connection with sub-Saharan Africa. In the summer recess, I went to the 15th international AIDS conference, in Thailand, where I had the privilege of hearing Nelson Mandela three times in 24 hours.
I remind everyone to switch off mobile phones and pagers.The final item that we will deal with this year, before the Christmas recess, is relocation of public sector jobs.
Those are relatively minor examples, but the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 were consolidated before the summer recess. That was a large exercise involving a large number of people.