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If the issue is raised with regard to a particular area, for example, Glasgow, we may contact relevant groups, but that is not what our investigations are setting out to do.
However, I am not in a position to say that committee members may ask the minister specific questions on the teachers' pay negotiations, because this is not the most appropriate setting for such questions.It is unfortunate that Nicola has raised this as a party political matter.
I raised that issue at our first meeting and was given assurances that such petitions could be brought forward. Unfortunately, we may now have to change the standing orders.
It is inevitable that statements will contain a great deal that is irrelevant, that may not be true or that may be prejudicial to one party or the other.
In the wider UK, a bargain is struck, whereby we have a unified fiscal system with the same tax and exchange rates. That may or may not be appropriate for every area, but everyone lives with it.