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In the interest of democracy, it is also important that the committee and the public know exactly what agenda a witness may or may not have. As you know, our submission mentions where our money comes from.
There is a slight rise in the figure this year, but that is nevertheless a fairly significant drop. That drop may or may not be associated with CS spray.Many steps have been taken as a result of the working party's report, but more needs to be done.
This committee consists of seven people; if three of them met and decided to remove Karen Gillon— Please do! She may welcome and therefore not oppose that.
One of our concerns is that the bill proposes that a licensing board should have 10 members and a quorum of three. That may well be satisfactory for many rural areas, but it is not satisfactory for a city the size of Glasgow.
Members of the Scottish Parliament are elected representatives of the people and should be treated as such by every minister and every civil servant in the Executive.Finally, I would like to reiterate a point I made in May last year when I stood for the post of First Minister.