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In practice, a report's findings have appeared before the committee has had a chance to read them. In fact, we do not get to see a report until the commissioner sends it to us.
I can envisage a scenario where one would get a ticket—as I did yesterday—for parking a car without having the appropriate time on the ticket, or for giving false details and so on.
By the end of 1998 we had agreed our main conclusions; it took a couple of months to dot the i's, cross the t's, get the report printed, get the Queen's permission, and get the report out.
If it is any consolation, we also tried to discover what a green jobs strategy is, and we did not get very far beyond the envirobabble that we usually get.
However, if David Davidson, for example, gets £10,000 and I get £6,000, I might be seriously unhappy because I am still working and he is not—or whatever the case may be.
We should be consulted about an activity that might put off tourists from coming to our shops and hotels and that might contaminate our water with sewage sludge.