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You are open to discussing it.

One of which is cost. Another is complexity, because of the numbers.

But the offence would have been completed.

Would you like to take the opportunity to write to us on that?

Thank you.

We will go to Annie Wells for a set of easy questions now.

I will not suggest any wording.

The word “wee” is doing a lot of lifting there.

I welcome Graham Simpson to the meeting. We have been taking evidence from the minister. I understand that you have some short questions on issues that you would like to explore, so I give you the floor.

I will move on to the EMB—in particular, the evidence that we have that significant work is continuing on how it should be constituted and what the legal entity should be. There is a suggestion that the schedule for that will come at stage 2. Can you give us an update on where you are on that, and on what the legal entity will look like?

That is excellent—I am grateful. Welcome to the committee.

No. I have asked who should take responsibility for elections a number of times. It seems that we are still quite a long way even from an internally agreed position, and yet that is one of the fundamental changes—albeit that it is probably of little interest to most people, as long as it works right. It would be helpful to know whether you have a time in mind at which those discussions will to come to a fruitful—