Mr. Sean Finlay:

Moving to our last slide, I will make some recommendations on the common good. There is wide agreement that the central authority should balance the rights of individuals with the common good but we do not have any definition or specific legislation specifying what the common good is that can be taken into account in the judicial process, which makes the job difficult for judges. At this stage, virtually everybody agrees that it is essential to deliver infrastructure. We suggest that legislative underpinning of infrastructure investment through statutory instrument should be identified by the Government as being essential for the common good. We hope that would assist the courts in the unfortunate task it has of dealing with the plethora of judicial reviews they have to deal with at the moment. For the benefit of the committee, I have provided links to previous reports including our annual report, which includes information on our membership and finances.