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Obviously, if amendments come in, they may affect the legality of the legislation if they are accepted, so we may have to tweak the legislation to ensure that it complies with the European convention on human rights or the Scotland Act 1998.
They may still believe that they saw something, but rational people listening to that may say, "If that is their evidence, they cannot have seen anything.
Wendy Alexander is correct that the Presiding Officer must clarify the position. However, if I may say so, he went a long way towards doing so yesterday in his response to my point of order.
If we decide to go along with my suggestion that there should be an inquiry into the finances of Scottish Water and the water industry commissioner— Can I— May I continue, or am I going to be interrupted?
That is an issue of nomenclature and, to be fair, the CSG did not want to get too hung up on the terminology, in recognition of the fact that it may or may not change, and because it has been invested in.