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The main reason for putting together cross-party groups is to allow MSPs and others to come together to consider issues that may or may not be the subject of campaigns now or in the future.
If members have any specific interests, I ask them to let Martin know. Some people may be especially interested in prisons, for example; others might be interested in Dublin.
There are a range of reasons why that might not be the case. The superior may have only recently purchased the superiority or received legal advice on his or her rights.
The prosecution thought that the sheriff's view was completely out of kilter with any prior decisions on evidence. That may or may not be the case, but the fact that the sheriff's view cannot be tested surprised me.
Conveners Liaison Group As members may know, the subject of committees meeting outside Edinburgh is quite contentious, not least because the budget for travel is very restricted.
I can see what Michael Matheson is getting at—I had not thought of it before—in relation to things that may happen in future, but I would have thought that that situation would be covered, by necessity, in the phrase "may be incompatible".