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We should think about all aspects—social, economic and environmental—of sustainable development.The ability to maintain our finest national landscapes and resources is of the utmost importance.
I assume that the committee clerks talk to the liaison officers. We will not ask for the name of our liaison officer and I will not embarrass members by asking whether they know who it is.
We are still going through the report.Do members have any comments on the Parliament's external liaison activities? Once again, I thank members of the committee who have taken part in such activities in recent weeks.
There might be some issues about that. I would expect a strong liaison process to go on between the victim information and advice from the procurator fiscal's office and the High Court-appointed victim liaison service.
The three committees that meet in private—the conveners liaison group, the Parliamentary Bureau and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body—deal with matters relating to the Parliament.
If, in a case of rape or sexual assault, evidence was introduced that the complainer and the accused had had a liaison in 1993, I would regard that as totally irrelevant.
Like parliamentary committees, ministers can sometimes overload the organisations that conduct liaison and consultation and promote partnership working if they go off into different work areas.