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Amendment 4 will provide that where regulations under the bill state that specific provisions of building regulations may not be relaxed, ministers may not give directions that would relax those provisions.
In essence, we are crystal-ball gazing; we do not know what is going to happen. The figures may plateau or fall and the rates of growth in England and Scotland may be different.
As members might recall, at our previous meeting, we agreed that the groups that may give oral evidence in September and October were to submit their witness lists and summaries by 6 May.
However, there are occasions on which what may be convenient for ministers and civil servants in promoting their legislation may not be convenient for the Parliament in dealing with it.
However, given the other work that we are doing, the committee should not initiate an inquiry, whether or not the issues have anything to do with the land reform bill. The Rural Development Committee may be persuaded to or may want to do that.
We are joined today by Trudi Sharp, John Paterson and Joanne McDougall of the Executive, who may wish to make additional comments before members put questions to them.