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If we accept a competitive view of life, as we must do in the 21st century, we must question what is being done on our behalf, which may be fine, but it may not be. Then we must consider the question of duplication in relation to our own authorities.
You are saying that, viewed subjectively, although owners may have all the requisite provisions in the title deeds to mirror the provisions of the bill, that arrangement may not have worked terribly well in practice.
We should not be prescriptive about the sort of body parents that may wish to set up, as they may not wish to set up a national body or may wish to set up regional bodies.
I do not recall having a face-to-face conversation with Paul White or Colin Masson, or giving them a bit of paper that had £9 million written at the bottom of it. That conversation may or may not have taken place—I cannot recall.
I know that if my car skids off the road and into a ditch I may sustain bruising and that if my car skids off the road and over a cliff I may be killed.