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As the committee will remember, the Nicholson committee and the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 were about ensuring local flexibility to take account of local needs. Does Edinburgh know best or should the flexibility lie locally?
I am not making any particular point; to some extent it is a policy issue. The clerk has the best solution, which is to highlight to the lead committee that there is no procedural problem but that the policy could be an area of concern.
The Commission has three options, the last of which is best. The options are: the status quo; letting individual producers develop their own schemes, which would create one EU labelling scheme; and having EU requirements for voluntary eco-labelling schemes.
Paragraph 10 puts certain questions that need to be considered about how best to proceed with taking additional evidence if further evidence is thought to be required.One piece of additional written evidence is the letter that I received from the Presiding Officer.
He seemed comfortable this morning and he looks even more comfortable this afternoon, but he is a sad loss to our ministerial team. I wish him all the best wherever his career now takes him.
Margaret Smith has another question to ask before we let the best man go. I want to ask about having the necessary risk strategy and evaluation, which many people who are thinking about getting married should probably have done.