Before we move on to agenda item 8 in order to accommodate the minister, I am keen to take agenda item 5, which is consideration of the Executive's response to the committee's report on "Tackling waiting times in the NHS in Scotland". I invite members to comment.
At the risk of repeating myself, I note that there are a number of areas in which there has been agreement with the committee's recommendations, and I wonder whether there needs to be a running commentary on why that agreement exists. There may have been an overlap between the production of the responses that we are considering today and our saying that we liked the new style of response, but we need to get a bit sharper about how Executive departments communicate back to us. That might reduce the amount of paper that each of us has to read through.
That is a point well made. Are there any further comments from members?
No.
Are there any comments from the Auditor General and his team?
We have no comments to make.
Okay. Do members agree to note the response?
Members indicated agreement.