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Although Sarah Davidson and her colleagues did their best and sent out the papers as soon as they received them, I understand that they were not received by the clerks until midday on Friday.
Although it could be said that the original section 31, as agreed at stage 2, allowed that to happen, I believe that the best approach to legislative drafting is, "When in doubt, spell it out."
I suppose that the hard question is whether the current pattern of service and station location is the best way to invest the £340 million, or whether it should be changed to include other stations.
Members will realise that I was doing my best to deal with amendment 36. I must work according to the clock; I will continue to do so and to balance the debate to the best of my ability.
We have the opportunity to lift the debt burden, to achieve a step change in investment and to introduce the best ever tenants' rights package. I look forward to sharing the Executive's thinking with the committee today.