Clause 21(2)(l) talks about"protecting or restoring activities of Her Majesty's Government"and clause 21(2)(m) talks about"protecting or restoring activities of Parliament, of the Scottish Parliament, of the Northern Ireland Assembly or of the National Assembly for Wales".The committee asked why the Scottish Executive was not specifically referred to at that point. However, clause 21(2)(n) talks about "protecting or restoring the performance of public functions"and paragraph (d) in clause 30(1) of the bill provides a definition of "public functions", saying that it means"functions of the Scottish Ministers".Scottish ministers are, therefore, specifically included as part of the public functions.