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Personally, I think that that fear is exaggerated, but members may think that it is appropriate at least to highlight the issue to the lead committee, so that there is a record of the potential problem.
The discussion will be about the future of Scottish rugby and how the present situation will affect it—I suspect that the effect will not be positive, but we may be of assistance in drawing out some of the issues.
The types of emergency in relation to which functions may be conferred are to be specified by order and will not include fire and road traffic accidents, which are dealt with elsewhere.
We will vote on the options if we need to, because we must decide whether to investigate the issue.Members indicated agreement. May I raise an issue? Is it about what we have been discussing?
In cases in which I have been involved, I have sometimes found it difficult to obtain copies of any risk assessment that may have been carried out. It is possible to investigate that.
Given the Executive's silence on the issue, the Committee may agree to write to the Executive seeking its comments on the issues that are raised in the petition.