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Our best way out of this would be to put the ball back in the Finance Committee's court and to suggest that it considers investigating suitability and how it is defined so as to get the balance right. It is a fair point.
I have to say that Eddie Barnes spoke to me and asked me what the report said. I said that he would need to get and look at the evidence that was public so far; that he could decide what evidence had been led; and that the document that we dealt with last week was private and would be discussed further this week.
He said that, unless, each year, we increase the budget for any part of the Executive's activity by more than the average, we are not regarding that part of our activity as a priority.
So, the petition basically refers to people who are involved in some sort of business activity. Yes. I think that we have given the petition a good airing.