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That requires a committee essentially to take itself out of the usual procedures, agree what it might do that is different and propose the amendment.As Christine May suggests, if there is to be any possibility of amending a budget, we would have to focus on a small part.
On your second question, it is absolutely true that the Audit Committee may consider any report that I lay in the Parliament, including any forthcoming report that I might make on the Holyrood project.
It is a problem, but I do not know the answer. We may be forced into having more nuclear power because of the lack of foresight in the current approach.
Secondly, there is slippage in the implementation of some—mainly capital—projects; for example, there may be delays in roads expenditure due to bad weather, land acquisition difficulties, planning delays, construction management, and so on.
Although petition PE427 raised a number of other issues, we have always been clear that we want to proceed on the basis of ensuring that a review is undertaken. We may have different views on the time scale for such a review, but it is clear that one will take place.
Members would be forgiven for thinking that there may be an element of competition among them to see who can get the most bills through the Scottish Parliament in a year.Notwithstanding that, the bill is justified and should be dealt with on an emergency basis.
We are conducting an inquiry into the governance and future of the European Union that will consider how different regions may be suited to different methods of implementation.