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You are right, convener, to say that we should think in every case whether Mr Harvey could get an answer from somewhere else before we refer his petitions to a committee or to the Executive.
First, our original position was that Parliament should have two kicks at the ball. We are now content that it will get one kick, but it has to be a really good kickāthe sort of kick that will get the ball into the goal.