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I would need to do a lot of work on that. Ronnie Hall, the chef de cabinet in the regional policy directorate-general in the Commission, talked about some of the member states pushing for a change in the rules on state aid.
Do the Liberal Democrats agree with the treaties that we signed up to at Rio de Janeiro and Kyoto? Do they identify with the UK targets for reducing gas emissions and so on?
Do you agree with the criticism that we cannot have a Scottish piece of legislation on the grounds that we cannot de-internationalise sporting competition?
The quality and standards document that was consulted on in the spring and responded to by the Scottish Executive in the summer dealt with precisely the environmental and public health choices to which Des McNulty refers. It addressed societal issues relating to how well or how badly we maintain the water and sewerage infrastructure.
We are worried that if that is done in isolation from the discussion on the funding that would be required to make it real, we may simply go up a cul-de-sac and have to retrace our steps.
It is the first time that we have had the pleasure of welcoming you to our committee, Mr Galbraith, and we look forward to hearing from you.We have received apologies from Andy Kerr—that is why I am in the chair today—and from Fiona McLeod. Des McNulty and Helen Eadie will probably be late.
There would be no point in publishing big reports that young people could not understand, as has happened before. Even when reports have been de-jargonised, they still contain too much jargon for young people.