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How would Scottish Natural Heritage like section 46 of the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Bill to be changed to provide the guarantees that it seeks? Section 46 is quite vague and talks about best practicable measures.
We might wish to address that. I am aware of the point that Ed Weeple raised. We are talking about having one quality system, which would help with parity of esteem.
However, we should be clear that this is not an academic point of debate in a law tutorial; we are talking about war, death, destruction, misery and disease.
We gave them the task of resolving matters and not always asking central Government to deal with the problem for them.I am advised that, as we are still in negotiations, it is best that I go no further on that point.
In several cases, we cannot help those people or improve their quality of life. I will make a general point and a specific point. The general point is about whether the bill is needed and whether existing legislation allows intervention.
I would like a discussion to open up on the best way to provide social work services in prisons, particularly given the increased level of joint working that we have talked about today and which should happen under the 2005 act.
Our reading of the paperwork that we have received is that we are talking about best value. Our contention would be that best value need not always be related solely to financial best value, in terms of a bottom line.