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As arguments about sensitivity and the information that people are willing to provide can be made about every question in the census, it would be a lost opportunity if a question on income were not included. Whether that would be done best within the package that we have talked about is debatable.
Is that a question to the minister? It is. The best way in which to address that question is to respond to the amendment.The amendment attempts to clarify that a guardian may apply to become an executor of a deceased person when the incapable adult would be so entitled.
I do not want to undermine your authority, convener, nor was I trying to do so last week. We are trying to get the best possible legislation. We are not in private session, so I had better not say what I was going to.
When we know what the FIFG scheme entails and what the resources are, we will address—in consultation with our friends in the Scottish Fishermen's Federation—how best to use those resources. To avoid importing party politics to the committee, I will keep my final comment brief.
Since our remit is to examine the conduct of MSPs, the best approach might be to consider the evidence that has been provided to us on each MSP in turn, so we will consider, first, the evidence on Jackie Baillie MSP.
Our view is that this is a particularly good financial memorandum and that the way in which it has been approached is a good model, which we might like to use as a model for best practice for other bill teams in the future, if that is agreeable to you.
The section goes with section 9 of the code—conduct and then enforcement are dealt with. To the best of my knowledge, no minor penalties can be imposed if members misbehave themselves a bit in a full plenary meeting, for example.
The matter will have some effect on our future, but not much. It might be best if members commented on paper PR/S2/05/16/2 as we go through it bit by bit.