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Yes, in general, compared to what the session 5 committee received. The two members here who were also members of the previous committee will know the volume of SIs related to the EU that that committee received.

I will take away the detail of your question, and get you a more detailed answer so that I can put your mind at rest in that regard. I will bring that back to the committee, if that is okay.

You are just being a bit of a rascal there, Mr Hoy. The Government would not do anything illegal.

Do you mean the quality of the SSIs?

I was his chief whip, so I know that working with him was not easy.

It is trust law, title conditions, contract law and judicial factors.

It will be within the current parliamentary session. I do not know the dates.

With the greatest respect, Mr Simpson, it is a nonsense question. I do not believe that you are going to end up in such a situation. I could walk out in the street and get knocked down by a bus, but then again I might not—I might cross the road safely. You are speculating a wee bit too much there.

I spend most of my life reminding my colleagues of various regulations such as the 28-day period. I tell them that the rule is serious and that they should avoid breaching it at all costs. To be honest, I do not want to come to the committee for something that, in effect, should just be natural for us to do within the timelines. I find breaches irritating, although there have been times when they have been unavoidable. We will probably have to agree to differ on whether those cases were unavoidable. However, I agree that we need to continue to get better in our approach to the 28-day period. For me, it is a process, and we should just do the process.

In general terms, I expect the number of EU exit related SSIs to remain relatively low, compared to the number at the peak. As Mr Simpson and the convener will be aware, there was a period when that was literally all that the committee was dealing with.

I expect about 18 EU exit related SSIs up until the end of December, but that could be subject to change. Since 2019, we have lodged 74 EU exit related SSIs and I expect to see more of those during 2022, but there will not be anywhere near the number that we have had in the past.