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We could ask the question, but we might not gain much from doing so. We would probably get the answer that we usually get. What do other members think?
Something that has worked well for a huge range of tribunals has been used as the basis of the provision here. Can you get back to us on that point? In what respect?
Just as they do every day, we too ensure that we get a pound's worth of value from every pound we spend, and because it is their money, we need to be fully accountable for the spending choices that we make.
It is crisis management right across Scotland and we really need to get beyond that."We agree with him—we need to get beyond that and have a national debate.
We might also need to call as a witness the Paymaster General of the United Kingdom to find out how she can have allowed HM Customs and Excise to get away with the breathtaking delay.
If we have not got what we want in the initial draft, let us try to get it put in, for goodness' sake. Our minister should be pressing the UK ministers on that.
Will she ensure that, between her and the UK secretary of state, we get a solution? Let me first be clear about what has been achieved in a short period of time.