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As this is my first Procedures Committee meeting, I realise that I might be getting into this issue somewhat late and that decisions might already have been taken on the matter.
Can I suggest that, when we are to consider Scottish statutory instruments, we tell the Executive that we need to get them at least 10 to 14 days beforehand?
We may appear a bunch of anoraks, and if it gets sticky, somebody might come along in full John Reid mode and suggest that we are trying to get in the way of dealing with crime and dangerous weapons.
The Executive has not elaborated on the power, so I will open the matter up for discussion. First, we should get the Executive to tell us exactly what it has in mind.
The answer to that is that, in their proposals for charities, both the Home Office and the Executive have concluded that, in order to get the tax benefits that charities get, an organisation must provide a wide public benefit.
The Finance Committee had a brief discussion about that a couple of years ago, when we tried to get the Executive to deliver such information for health and other activities, but the Executive shied away from doing so.