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Finally, I call Fulton MacGregor, after which we will move to part 3 of the bill.

Okay—thank you.

Thank you for that. I open it up to members.

Thank you for that. Russell Findlay, do you want to come in with a final question?

I will bring in Fulton MacGregor. I ask members to direct their questions to two witnesses at most, because we still have parts 2 and 3 to get through.

Please be very brief.

Our next agenda item is consideration of two negative instruments. I refer members to paper 4.

Under section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, instruments subject to the negative procedure must be laid at least 28 days before they come into force. Those instruments breached that requirement as they were laid on 30 August and came into force on 1 October 2023. The Scottish Public Pensions Agency has explained the reasons for the breach in a letter to the Presiding Officer, which is among the committee’s papers. Those explanations seem reasonable to me.

No members have any questions. Are we content with both instruments?

Members indicated agreement.

Thank you. I will bring you in later.

—I will pull our questions back to the victims commissioner.

I am keen that everybody has the opportunity to contribute on that specific issue.