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The fact that we have received so many petitions so far is a good milestone for the committee and for the public petitioning process.We have received apologies from Winnie Ewing, who is fogbound at Inverness airport.
Is it in order that, prior to the commencement of the stage 1 debate on the Housing (Scotland) Bill, so many points of order were taken that the debate was cut down?
We could do with some consistency of approach.The other question is whether, as a general principle, we want many acts on devolved matters to be initiated by Westminster.
There is a range of reasons why those amendments have been lodged. Many of them will have arisen as a result of the committee's consideration stage report; others will be minor or technical amendments provided by the promoter but lodged on the promoter's behalf by a member of the committee.
Where the difference will be 3dB or more, we have considered methods of mitigation, although it is not practicable in many cases. For example, with on-street running, it is not possible to put in screening measures.
I hope that the increase in resources will achieve measurable success in our commitment to equalities and to the vital third sector.I have tried to be brief; I am sure that committee members will have many questions. The committee's responsibility is to examine whether your proposed expenditure concurs with your policy commitments.